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Grade 12Mechanics

A square is made by joining four rods of mass M and length l. It's moment of inertia about an axis PQ in it's plane and passing through one of its centre is
( I just need a hint on how to resolve the rod further away from the axis)

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7 Years agoGrade 12
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7 Years ago
We have to take the component of rods parallel to the axis and then continue sum up all the moment of inertia of all the rods and then you will get the required answers