True or false? If no external resultant torque acts on a body its angular momentum remains constant.

1 Answer
Jan 13, 2018

True.

Explanation:

Torque #tau# is expressed as #(dL)/(dt) #
[Where, L is the angular momentum ]
That means, torque is equals to change in rate of angular momentum.
If, #tau# =0 then #(dL)/(dt)# =0
That means change in rate of angular momentum is zero that is constant.