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Homework Statement
A thin, uniform vane of mass M is in the shape of a right triangle, as shown. Find the rotational inertia about a vertical axis through its apex, as shown in the figure. Express your answer in terms of the triangle’s base width b and its mass M.
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The Attempt at a Solution
The answer in the back is just ##b^2M/2## without the second term.