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example

We have four masses of 1kg that lie at the coordinates

eqnarray109

Calculate the kinetic energy when the object spins at 1 rad/s. around

(a)
The x axis.
(b)
The y axis.
(z)
The z axis.

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Joshua Deutsch
Wed Jan 22 17:07:34 PST 1997