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    Right hand rule for Spinning things

    Ah! Thanks, this makes a lot more sense now. I was under the impression that the 3 were related by the right hand rule like how Force, Field, and Direciton of current were related via the right hand rule in the topic of Electric and Magnetic Fields. Where you use 3 finegrs of the right...
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    Right hand rule for Spinning things

    Then what about the Direction of Torque and angular momentum? Angular momentum is in the same direction as angular velocity? But how does that work when L = r x p , shouldn't it be perpendicular?
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    Right hand rule for Spinning things

    Right hand rule for Spinning things... Hi, I'm havign a hard time figuring out how the right hand rule works for Angular momentum, Angular velocity and torques. Its so confusing because At university we get problems about rotating solid bodys like a disk on a rod, and when the question...
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