The methane molecule has four hydrogen atoms located at

Chapter , Problem 49

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The methane molecule has four hydrogen atoms located at the vertices of a regular tetrahedron of edge length with the carbon atom at the center of the tetrahedron (Figure 9-48). Find the moment of inertia of this molecule for rotation about an axis that passes through the centers of the carbon atom and one of the hydrogen atoms.

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