(I) Determine the moment of inertia of a 10.8-kg sphere of

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Problem 27P

(I) Determine the moment of inertia of a 10.8-kg sphere of radius 0.648 m when the axis of rotation is through its center.

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Problem 27P

(I) Determine the moment of inertia of a 10.8-kg sphere of radius 0.648 m when the axis of rotation is through its center.

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The moment of inertia of a solid sphere about an axis through its center of mass is

where M is the total distributed mass and R is the radius of the sphere.

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