Paper 4, Section I, C
Part IA, 2021
A rigid body composed of particles with positions , and masses , rotates about the -axis with constant angular speed . Show that the body's kinetic energy is , where you should give an expression for the moment of inertia in terms of the particle masses and positions.
Consider a solid cuboid of uniform density, mass , and dimensions . Choose coordinate axes so that the cuboid is described by the points with , and . In terms of , , and , find the cuboid's moment of inertia for rotations about the -axis.