Deriving Moment of inertia for a hollow sphere

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Homework Statement



How do you derive the moment of inertia for a hollow sphere?
I am not ending up with what i need to get which is: (8[tex]pi[/tex]r^5)/9

Homework Equations



I am not sure if the bounds are correct or if we need to factor something else in.

The Attempt at a Solution



A double integral of the area multiplied by the height.
for our integrals we do from 0 to 4[tex]pi[/tex]r^2 and the other integral is from 0 to r. The equation in the integral is r^2 + z^2 dzdA. (we get r^2 because x^2+y^2=r^2)

solving that out and get (16[tex]pi[/tex]r^5)/3.

plugging that in doesn't give the 2/3 we need for the moment of inertia.
 
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