A turntable has a moment of inertia of 3.0 × 10^?2 kg·m2 and spins freely on a frictionless bearing at 25 rev/min. A 0.60-kg ball of putty is dropped vertically on the turntable and sticks at a point 0.10 m from the center. By what factor does the kinetic energy of the system change after the putty is dropped onto the turntable?

a. 0.91 b. 1.0
c. 0.83 d. 1.5


c

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