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The moment of inertia of a circular disc of radius 2m and mass 1kg about an axis passing through its centre of mass and perpendicular to plane is 2kg−m2. Its moment of inertia about an axis parallel to this axis and passing through its edge in kg−m2 is

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10
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8
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6
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4
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Solution

The correct option is C 6
ByapplyingthetheoremofparallelaxesmomentofinertiaIofabodyisI=Ig+MR2whereIgisthemomentofinertiaanoutanaxispassingthroughthecentreofmassbutperpendiculartotheplaneofthebodyplusMR2whereMisthemassofthebodyandRisthedistancebetweentheaxisandthecentreofmass.I=2+1×22=6kgm2
Hence,
option (C) is correct answer.

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