A tennis player swings a standard tennis racket that is 27 inches long at an angular velocity of 20 rad/s. If the tennis player changes to a junior tennis racket that is 23 inches long and swings with an angular velocity of 20 rad/s, what happens to the linear velocity of the tennis racket? A. Linear velocity decreases B. Linear velocity remains the same C. Need more information

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A tennis player swings a standard tennis racket that is 27 inches long at an angular velocity of 20 rad/s. If the tennis player changes to a junior tennis racket that is 23 inches long and swings with an angular velocity of 20 rad/s, what happens to the linear velocity of the tennis racket?

A. Linear velocity decreases

B. Linear velocity remains the same

C. Need more information 

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