Physics · Rotational Dynamics

JEE Main 2026 — 24 January, Evening Shift — Question 47

A uniform solid cylinder of length LL and radius RR has moment of inertia about its axis equal to I1I_{1}. A small co-centric cylinder of length L/2L / 2 and radius R/3\mathrm{R} / 3 carved from this cylinder has moment of inertia about its axis equals to I2I_{2}. The ratio I1/I2I_{1} / I_{2} is ____\_\_\_\_ .

Answer: 162

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Step-by-step solution

Original mass (M) The removed mass (m) m=ρ×π(R3)2×L2\mathrm{m}=\rho \times \pi\left(\frac{\mathrm{R}}{3}\right)^{2} \times \frac{\mathrm{L}}{2} =ρ⋅πR2L18=M18=\frac{\rho \cdot \pi R^{2} L}{18}=\frac{M}{18} I′=12⋅M18⋅R29=1324MR2\mathrm{I}^{\prime}=\frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{\mathrm{M}}{18} \cdot \frac{\mathrm{R}^{2}}{9}=\frac{1}{324} \mathrm{MR}^{2} II′=12MR21324MR2=162\frac{\mathrm{I}}{\mathrm{I}^{\prime}}=\frac{\frac{1}{2} \mathrm{MR}^{2}}{\frac{1}{324} \mathrm{MR}^{2}}=162

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Exam
JEE Main 2026
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Rotational Dynamics
Topic
Moment of Inertia