What is the moment of inertia of a pendulum with a mass of 4kg that is 6m from the pivot?

1 Answer
Sep 21, 2017

=144kgm2

Explanation:

For this question we will assume that the pendelum has no friction and is only being acted upon by gravity. In conditions like this, the moment of inertia for the pendulum is equal to
I=mr2, where I is the moment of inertia in kilograms times metres squared, m is the mass of the pendulum in kilograms, and r is the length of the pendulum from its pivot, in metres.

We know that m=4, and r=6. Plug these into the formula to get
I=462
I=436
I=144kgm2, the moment of inertia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_of_inertia

I hope that helped!