JEE Main 2019 — Rotational 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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