A popular demonstration involves a professor, initially motionless, standing on a low-friction turntable and holding a bicycle wheel that is spinning horizontally. What happens when the professor flips the bicycle wheel so that it is spinning in the other direction?

1.She starts to spin in the same direction as the initial direction of the bicycle wheel.
2.She starts to spin in the bicycle wheel's new spin direction.
3.She remains stationary.
4.It is impossible to tell because it depends on how fast the bicycle wheel initially spins.


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