ntA circular disc of moment of inertia I1 is rotating in a horizontal plane, about its symmetry axis, with a constant angular speed v1. Another disc of moment of inertiaI2 is dropped coaxially onto the rotating disc. Initially the second disc has zero angular speed. Eventually both the discs rotate with a constant angular speed v2. The energy lost by the initially rotating disc to friction is?n

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