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Grade 12th pass10 grade science

Is moment of inertia is a scalar quantity?

Profile image of Harshit Singh
4 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Yash Patari
4 Years ago
Answer is yes, the moment of inertia is a scalar quantity. ... Mass is a scalar quantity and distance is also scalar quantity and the square itself has no direction. So the product of scale and scale gives scalar quantity only. Therefore the moment of inertia is a scalar quantity.