APFIVE Conservation of Angular Momentum
A student sits on a rotating stool holding a spinning bicycle wheel with its axis horizontal. Initially, the stool is stationary. If the student flips the wheel to reverse its spin direction, what happens to the student-wheel system?
A
The wheel stops spinning due to angular momentum transfer
B
The stool rotates to conserve the system’s angular momentum
C
The wheel’s angular momentum increases to compensate
D
The system remains stationary with zero net angular momentum
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