Three small balls of mass 3.6 kg, 1.7 kg, and 3.8 kg are connected by light rods laying along the y-axis. The rod connecting the first and second balls is 4.1 m long and the rod connecting the second and third balls is 2.5 m. The entire system rotates around the x-axis, which is between the first and second balls and a distance 2.1 m from the first ball, at a rotational speed 1.8 s-1
(a) What is the moment of inertia of the system with respect to
the center of mass
(b) What is the moment of inertia due to the shift of the
rotational axis from the center of mass to the x-axis?
(c) What is the moment of inertia of the system around the
x-axis?
(d) What is the linear speed of the system?
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