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Homework Statement
A uniform circular disk has radius 35 cm and mass 350 g and its center is at the origin. Then a circular hole of radius 8.75 cm is cut out of it. The center of the hole is a distance 13.125 cm from the center of the disk. Find the moment of inertia of the modified disk about the Z-axis.
So first the mass of the circle with the hole is 328.125 g and the small circle is 21.875g . Then what I did was first found the MI of the disk without the hole.
.5*M*R^2=214375 g*cm^2
Then I tried finding the cm after the hole was made and used the parallel axis theorem.
The cm is (-.875cm,0) so the -.875 becomes the distance from the original cm and then
214375 + M(-.875)2=214626 which isn't right
Then I tried the MI of the whole disk - the MI of the hole which also was wrong.
So if anyone can help that would be great.