Question

consider a solid sphere and a solid disk wiht the same radius and the same mass. explain why the solid disk has a greater moment of inertia than the solid sphere g

Answer 1

Moment of inertia of the solid sphere:

I

s

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2

5

M

R

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Is=25MR2...........(1)

Here, the mass of the sphere is

M

M