A solid wood door 1.00 m wide and 2.00 m high is hinged along one side...

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A solid wood door 1.00 m wide and 2.00 m high is hinged alongone side and has a total mass of 45.0kg . Initially open and atrest, the door is struck at its center by a handful of sticky mudwith mass 0.400 kg , traveling perpendicular to the door at 12.0m/s just before impact.

A) Find the final angular speed of the door

B) Does the mud make a significant contribution to the moment ofinertia? Yes or no?

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the door is struck at its centre so you know it is struck at r 05m from the hinge at the instant just before impact the mud has momentum p 04kg x 12ms 48 kgms and it sticks to the door imparting all of its momentum to the door and causing it to swing shut    See Answer
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