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posted by  Juan.Montalvo on 11/4/2009 8:28:28 PM  |  status: Live  |  Earned Karma: 35

Statics - Moment of inertia. ANSWER provided. i need to see workout steps!

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The answer is provided, but i am doing something wrong, i am coming up with the wrong asnwer!
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posted by Mobiusdick on 11/5/2009 2:28:39 AM  |  status: Live
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a) The moment of Inertia equation:





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d is the distance to the centroid.
I don't have the distance between the centroid and the point, but it will be a multiple of r. If you have a list of centroids, you should be able to find it easily.
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