Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (4th Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Exercises and Problems - Page 207: 32

Answer

$8.7\space Mm$

Work Step by Step

Let's assume this star is a solid sphere. In this case, there's no external torque. So its angular momentum is conserved. We can write, $I_{1}\omega_{1}=I_{2}\omega_{2}-(1)$ For a solid sphere, Rotational Inertia $(I)=\frac{2}{5}MR^{2}-(2)$ $(2)=\gt(1)$ $\frac{2}{5}MR_{1}^{2}\omega_{1}=\frac{2}{5}MR_{2}^{2}\omega_{2}$ $R_{2}=R_{1}\sqrt {\frac{\omega_{1}}{\omega_{2}}}$ ; Let's plug known values into this equation. $R_{2}=7.1\times10^{3}m\sqrt {\frac{21.9\space rpm}{\frac{rpm}{49.3\times24\times60}}}=8669.1\times10^{3}m$ $R_{2}=8.7\space Mm$
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