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Moment of inertia of a disc of mass M and radius 'R' about any of its diameter is MR24. The moment of inertia of this disc about an axis normal to the disc and passing through a point on its edge will be, x2MR2. The value of x is ______.
PhysicsRotational MotionJEE MainJEE Main 2023 (01 Feb Shift 2)
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The correct answer is: 3

Given here, 

Moment of inertia of a disc of mass M and radius 'R' about any of its diameter is MR24

Moment of inertia of disc about centre is Icm=MR24+MR24=MR22

Using parallel axis theorem, we can write

I=Icm+Md2

=MR22+MR2

=32MR2

Hence, the value of x=3.

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