Solve the following :

Question:

Find the moment of inertia of a uniform square plate of mass $m$ and edge a about one of its diagonals.

Solution:

If we squeeze rod along $X X^{v}$ and $Y Y^{v}$ the square becomes rod of side 'a' So,

$I_{X X^{r}}=I_{Y Y^{r}}=\frac{m a^{2}}{12}$

By perpendicular axis theorem,

$I_{Z Z^{r}}=I_{X X^{l}}+I_{Y Y^{r}}=I_{p p^{l}}+I_{Q Q^{l}}$

$\frac{m a^{2}}{12}+\frac{m a^{2}}{12}=I_{p p^{l}}+I_{Q Q^{\prime}}$

$I_{p p^{l}}=\frac{m a^{2}}{12}\left[\because_{p p^{l}}=I_{Q Q^{\prime}}\right.$ As square is symmetric $]$

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