Angular Momentum & its Conservation
The position vectors of two 1 kg particles, (A) and (B), are given by
and, respectively;
, where t is time, n and are constants. At
and velocities and of the particles are orthogonal to each other. At , the magnitude of angular momentum of particle (A) with respect to the position of particle (B) is . The value of L is _________.
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
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Answer: 90
- , ; at s: , .
- Equal magnitudes: . Orthogonal: . Only works, giving , .
- , , so and .
- ,
- Answer: