While spinning a figure skater has their arms and one leg extended out to their sides. When the figure skater has their arms and legs extended they have a moment of inertia. If the figure skater then brings their arms and legs in close to their body, their moment of inertia . By conservation of angular momentum, this means the figure skater’s angular velocity must .

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