Three identical rods each having mass m and length l are fixed in the form of an equilateral triangle. The moment of inertia of the system about the vertex and perpendicular to the plane of the triangle is (1) ml^2/2 (2) 3ml^2/2 (3) ml^2/12 (4) ml^2/3

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