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Show that if a slab is rotating about a fixed axis perpendicular to the slab and passing through its mass center $G$, the angular momentum is the same when computed about any other point $P$.
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Let the slab have mass m and dimensions a, b, and c. Let the slab be rotating with an angular velocity ω about the fixed axis passing through its mass center G. Show more…
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