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Grade 11Mechanics

Prove that the rotational inertia of a flat square about a line drawn through the diagonal is equal to the rotational inertia about a line drawn through the center and crossing two opposite edges as a perpendicular bisector. (Hint: See Problem 10.)

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11 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Aditi Chauhan
11 Years ago
The figure below shows the flat square plate in the two dimensional xy plane:
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It can be seen from the figure above, that due to symmetricity of the square plate, the rotational inertia of the plate about the x axis should be equal to the rotational inertia of the plate about the y axis.
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