Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The angular momentum of a particle can be nonzero even if it moves in a straight line.
2. The angular momentum (around a rotating rigid object’s center of mass) of an arbitrary particle in that object points directly along the object’s rotation axis.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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