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Homework Statement
If we multiply all of the design dimensions by a scaling factor f, it's volume and mass will be multiplied by f^3. (a) By what factor will its moment of inertia be multiplied? (b) And if a 1/48 scale model has a rotational kinetic energy of 2.5J, what will be the kinetic energy for the full-scale object of the same material rotating at the same angular velocity?
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The Attempt at a Solution
I have absolutely no idea what they are talking about. I feel like I missed an entire chapter, but I am sure that I didn't. All the other questions in my book leading up to this one have been the usual ones that ask me to find a value when dealing with the moment of inertia. What is this asking.