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Moment of inertia of a square plate of side l about the axis passing through one of the corner and perpendicular to the plane of square plate is given by:

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Options:
  • A Ml26
  • B 23Ml2
  • C Ml2
  • D Ml212
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 23Ml2

Use parallel axis theorem to get the magnitude of the moment of inertia of a square plate of side l about the axis passing through one of the corners and perpendicular to the plane of a square plate, 

Iz=Icm+Ml22

Iz=Ml26+Ml22=4Ml26=2Ml23.

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