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A man is sitting in a smooth groove on a horizontal circular table at the edge by holding a rope joined to the centre. The moment of inertia of table is I. Mass of man = M. Man now pulls the rope so that he comes to the centre. The angular velocity of the table :
- must increase
- may increase
- must decrease
- may decrease
The correct answer is: may decrease
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