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M and R be the mass and radius of a disc. A small disc of radius R/3R / 3 is removed from the bigger disc as shown in figure. The moment of inertia of remaining part of bigger disc about an axis AB passing through the centre O and perpendicular to the plane of disc is 4xMR2\frac{4}{x} M R^2. The value of xx is ________.

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Answer: 9

Without cavity I1=MR22\mathrm{I}_1=\frac{\mathrm{MR}^2}{2}
$\begin{aligned}

\text { Mass of removed disc }= & \frac{\mathrm{M}}{\pi \mathrm{R}^2} \times\left(\frac{\mathrm{R}}{3}\right)^2 \pi \\

& =\left(\frac{\mathrm{M}}{9}\right)

\end{aligned}$

M.I. of removed disc
I2=M9(R3)22+M9×(2R3)2I_2=\frac{\frac{M}{9}\left(\frac{R}{3}\right)^2}{2}+\frac{M}{9} \times\left(\frac{2 R}{3}\right)^2
$\begin{aligned}

& =\frac{\mathrm{MR}^2}{18} \\

& \mathrm{I}=\mathrm{I}_1-\mathrm{I}_2=\frac{\mathrm{MR}^2}{2}-\frac{\mathrm{MR}^2}{18}=\frac{4 \mathrm{MR}^2}{9} \\

& (\mathrm{n}=9)

\end{aligned}$

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