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Homework Statement
A 1.0 kg particle is moving at a constant 3.5 m/s along the line y=0.62x +1.4, where x and y are in meters and where the motion is toward the positive x and y directions. Find its angular momentum about the origin2. Attempt at a solution##L=Iw\\\\L=myv\\\\L=(1)(0.62x+1.4)(3.5)##Not sure what to do with x though. If I set x=0, this just evaluates the momentum at a point not over the line. The line is infinite, so I would have thought the momentum evaluates to infinity as well but the answer is 4.2