Mass Moments - Conceptual Example 6.4-3

 

If I_G is the mass moment of inertia of a rigid body with respect to an axis passing through its center of mass, then the mass moment of inertia I of the same body with respect to a parallel axis some distance away from the center of mass is ...

 

smaller than I_G.
larger than I_G.
the same as I_G.
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