Can somone explain this review solution (moments/inertia)?

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Homework Statement


Handwritten solution of a rigid-body dynamics problem: a sum of moments, inertia and force equations, with a sketch of a rod rotating at 30 rad/s about a vertical axis with bearings A and B.


Homework Equations


This would be the part I think I'm missing

The Attempt at a Solution


In the fourth line, Ix, where is the justification for multiplying 1/3 by the first term? I believe they are using the center of inertia of a rod, which is mr2 and the first term doesn't make much sense. Could someone explain to me the justification of that line?
 
whitejac said:
In the fourth line, Ix, where is the justification for multiplying 1/3 by the first term?
There seems to be some confusion over the axes. They must mean Iy.
The part that matters is just the three sides of length 0.2m. Two of them are rotating about one endpoint, hence the 1/3 and the factor 2 at the front. The middle bar is parallel to the axis, so just mr2 for that piece.