Combine Products of Inertia using Superposition

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I have two bodies which combine to form a system. For each body, I know its centroidal products of inertia. I wish to combine the two centroidal products of inertia to arrive at the products of inertia about the centroid of the system.

Any help is greatly appreciated!
 
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StewB said:
I have two bodies which combine to form a system. For each body, I know its centroidal products of inertia. I wish to combine the two centroidal products of inertia to arrive at the products of inertia about the centroid of the system.

Any help is greatly appreciated!
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