As a rotating gas cloud contracts, it spins

A) at a constant rate.
B) faster due to an increase in angular momentum.
C) slower due to conservation of angular momentum.
D) slower due to a decrease in angular momentum.
E) faster due to conservation of angular momentum.


E

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