| Exam Board | Edexcel |
| Module | M5 (Mechanics 5) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Session | June |
| Topic | Moments of inertia |
4. Show, using integration, that the moment of inertia of a uniform solid right circular cone of mass \(M\), height \(h\) and base radius \(a\), about an axis through the vertex, parallel to the base, is
$$\frac { 3 M } { 20 } \left( a ^ { 2 } + 4 h ^ { 2 } \right)$$
[You may assume without proof that the moment of inertia of a uniform circular disc, of radius \(r\) and mass \(m\), about a diameter is \(\frac { 1 } { 4 } m r ^ { 2 }\).]