Edexcel M5 2015 June — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM5 (Mechanics 5)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicMoments of inertia

7. (a) Find, using integration, the moment of inertia of a uniform solid hemisphere, of mass \(m\) and radius \(a\), about a diameter of its plane face.
[0pt] [You may assume, without proof, that the moment of inertia of a uniform circular disc, of mass \(m\) and radius \(r\), about a diameter is \(\frac { 1 } { 4 } m r ^ { 2 }\).]
(b) Hence find the moment of inertia of a uniform solid sphere, of mass \(M\) and radius \(a\), about a diameter.