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Chozen Juan
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Homework Statement
(This is a problem I myself created, so it may sound a bit trivial/stupid.) A particle of mass m in the xy plane has velocity v and a radius vector r with respect to some origin. After some time Δt, the same particle has velocity v and a radius vector r' with respect to the origin. Throughout the particle's motion, the (supposedly) isolated system consisting of this particle is not subject to any external force nor any external torque.
m(r x v) ≠ m(r' x v)
Li ≠ Lf
Clearly, angular momentum of the system about the origin is not conserved even though there is no net external torque on the system.
Is the following statement false? "If the net external torque acting on a system is zero, the angular momentum L of the system remains constant, no matter what changes take place within the system."
Attached is a figure of the problem.
Homework Equations
L [/B]= m(r x v)
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm stumped!
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