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The moment of inertia of a straight thin rod of mass M , length L about an axis perpendicular to its length and passing through its one end is :

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The moment of inertia by using parallel axis theorem, is given as,

I=ML212+M(L/2)2

I=ML23

Thus, the moment of inertia of the rod about an axis perpendicular to its length and passing through its one end is ML23.


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