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JEE Main 6 April 2024, Shift 2, Physics Q56

Question 56 of 90 in this shift, Physics question 26 of 30, Section B.

Three balls of masses 2 kg, 4 kg and 6 kg respectively are arranged at centre of the edges of an equilateral triangle of side 2 m. The moment of intertia of the system about an axis through the centroid and perpendicular to the plane of triangle, will be ________

\mathrm{kg\,m^2}

Official answer

NTA final key.

Chapter: System of Particles and Rotational Motion
Topic: Moment of Inertia
Idea tested: MOI of Discrete Particles

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