Now consider a cube of mass m with edges of length

a. the moment of inertia icm of the cube about an axis through its center of mass and perpendicular to one of its faces is given by

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Eileen Matthews

6 December, 06:28

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Rose Sexton · Answer 1

1/6 ma^2

You can solve this by considering moment of inertia of a square plate along the central axis and using the perpendicular axis theorem.

Now consider a cube of mass m with edges of lengtha. the moment of inertia icm of the cube about an axis through its center of mass and perpendicular to one of its faces is given by