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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/Gettysburg_College_Physics_for_Physics_Majors/06%3A_C6)_Conservation_of_Angular_Momentum_I/6.02%3A_Angular_Momentum_and_Torque
      Notice in this step we have indicated that the torque (in the z-direction) should be negative - that's because we declared that the angular velocity ωi was positive, so if the object is goin...Notice in this step we have indicated that the torque (in the z-direction) should be negative - that's because we declared that the angular velocity ωi was positive, so if the object is going to loose momentum, the torque has to be negative.

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