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Homework Statement
The Attempt at a Solution
Alright, so the solution manual shows that the intertia of the disk is:
I = m * k2, where k is the radius of gyration
However why can't the inertia of the disk be:
I = 0.5 * m * r2, where r is the radius of the disk
This is the formula for the inertia of a rotating disk... However when I plug in all my numbers I get a different inertia value when compared to the inertia value that I got using the radius of gyration.