Determine the Moment of Inertia of an Equilateral Triangular Plate

question 95

Multiple Choice

Determine the moment of inertia of an equilateral triangular plate of mass M and sides L about an axis perpendicular to the plate that passes through one vertex of the triangle.

• A)3ML²/8
• B) ML²/2
• C) ML²/4
• D)3ML²/4
• E)5ML²/12

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Definitions:

Class Intervals

Ranges of values into which data points are grouped for frequency distribution analysis.

Histogram

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Graphical representations of a normal distribution, showing how data points are symmetrically distributed around the mean.

Mean

A statistical measure representing the average value in a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the number of values.