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Multiple Choice

You build a wheel out of a thin circular hoop of mass 5 kg and radius 3 m, and two thin rods of mass 2 kg and 6 m in length, as shown below. Calculate the system’s moment of inertia about a central axis, perpendicular to the hoop.

4:12m

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