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Spinning Top
Prompt
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Context
This SWBQ is practice applying physics concepts to a spinning object - leads to discussion of precession.
Wrap Up
The punchlines is that the angular momentum will not change magnitude but will change direction because the torque is perpendicular to the momentum, just like in uniform circular motion, where the the force (acceleration) is perpendicular to the linear momentum (velocity).
