Why does an ice skater spin faster when they hold in their arms?

  •  This phenomena is a result of the conservation of angular momentum: An isolated system's rotational intertia does not change. 

  • Angular momentum is given mathematically by L = r x p, by decreasing rp = mmust correspondingly increase for to remain constant.

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