Why does an ice skater spin faster when they hold in their arms?
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This phenomena is a result of the conservation of angular momentum: An isolated system's rotational intertia does not change.
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Angular momentum is given mathematically by L = r x p, by decreasing r, p = mv must correspondingly increase for L to remain constant.
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