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11.3 Exercise 11

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A diver off the high board imparts an initial rotation with their body fully extended before going into a tuck and executing three back somersaults before hitting the water. If their moment of inertia before the tuck is 16.9kg·m216.9 \text{kg} \cdot \text{m}^{2} and after the tuck during the somersaults is 4.2kg·m24.2 \text{kg} \cdot \text{m}^{2}, what rotation rate must the diver impart to their body directly off the board and before the tuck if they take 1.4 s to execute the somersaults before hitting the water?

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