Moment of Inertia: The L-shaped object shown in the figure consists of three small masses connected by extremely light rods. Assume that the masses shown are accurate to three significant figures. What is the moment of inertia of this object (a) about the x-axis, and (b) about the y-axis?

What will be an ideal response?


(a) 6.48 kg ? m2 (b) 32.7 kg ? m2

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