Physics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Rotational Kinematics - Check Your Understanding - Page 202: 3

Answer

Each blade of the scissors does not have the same angular velocity.

Work Step by Step

Each blade of the scissors has the same magnitude of angular velocity, but since one blade moves in the clockwise direction while the other moves in the counterclockwise direction, their directions are opposite. So each blade of the scissors does not have the same angular velocity.
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