A Football Thrown with a Spinning Motion Is More Stable

question 21

Multiple Choice

A football thrown with a spinning motion is more stable than one thrown without spin because

• A) there is no net torque on a spinning object.
• B) air flows more easily around spinning objects.
• C) the torque generated by the spinning action is conserved.
• D) the angular momentum of a spinning object can only be changed by applying a torque.

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