Q. A body is projected from the ground with some angle to the horizontal. What happens to the angular momentum about the initial position in this motion?

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Solution:

About point O, the angular momentum of the projectile is in clockwise sense. The torque on the projectile about point O (moment of mg) is also in clockwise sense. Hence the angular momentum increases.

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