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JEE Main 2019Rotational Motion Question with Solution

JEE Main 2019 (11 Jan Shift 1)

Question

An equilateral triangle is cut from a thin solid sheet of wood. (See figure) and are the mid-points of its sides as shown and is the centre of the triangle. The moment of inertia of the triangle about an axis passing through and perpendicular to the plane of the triangle is . If the smaller triangle is removed from , the moment of inertia of the remaining figure about the same axis is . Then

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Let mass of the larger triangle Side of larger triangle Moment of inertia of larger triangle Mass of smaller triangle Length of smaller triangle Moment of inertia of removed triangle

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