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The moment of inertia of a rotating solid disk about an axis through its center of mass is ½ MR2 . Suppose instead that axis the rotation passes through a point on the edge of the disk. Will the moment of inertia be the same, larger, or smaller?

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A problem discussing about change in moment of inertia of a disk, as it's axis is shifted from the centre to the edge.

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Moment of inertia be minimum about the centre of mass.

When axis shifted to another one, parallel to axis passing through the CM, moment of inertia is increased ...

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