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Three small balls of mass 5.3 kg, 1.5 kg, and 3.7 kg are connected by light rods laying along the y-axis. The rod connecting the first and second balls is 4.9 m long and the rod connecting the second and third balls is 2 m. The entire system rotates around the x-axis, which is 2.1 m from the first ball, at a rotational speed 1.1 s^-1
(a) What is the moment of inertia about the x-axis
(b) What is the rotational kinetic energy of the system?
(c) What are the speeds of the three objects?
First Object:
Second Object:
Third Object:
(d) What is the kinetic energy of each of the balls?
First Object:
Second Object:
Third Object:
(e) What is the total kinetic energy of the system?