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The Earth has an angular speed of 7.272·10-5 rad/s in itsrotation. Find the new angular speed if an asteroid (m = 4.87·1022kg) hits the Earth while traveling at a speed of 4.93·103 m/s(assume the asteroid is a point mass compared to the radius of theEarth) in each of the following cases:

a) The asteroid hits the Earth dead center.

b) The asteroid hits the Earth nearly tangentially in thedirection of Earth's rotation.

c) The asteroid hits the Earth nearly tangentially in thedirection opposite of Earth's rotation.

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