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Humans can move from one place to another through coordinated movements and postures. The movement produced by the human body due to the contraction of muscles and bending of bone joints is called human movement. Human movements are controlled by the ner…

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A 50-kg diver in a full layout position, with a total body radius of gyration with respect to her transverse principal axis equal to 0.45 m, leaves a springboard with an angular velocity of 6 rad/s. What is the diver’s angular velocity when she assumes a tuck position, reducing her radius of gyration to 0.25 m? (Answer: 19.4 rad/s)

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