An ice puck (modeled as a uniform disk) slides across frictionless ice while spinning…

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Problem

An ice puck (modeled as a uniform disk) slides across frictionless ice while spinning with constant angular velocity about its center. A constant horizontal force accelerates the puck’s center of mass in the direction of motion. At the instant described, is the puck in translational equilibrium, rotational equilibrium, both, or neither? Briefly justify your answer.

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