Find the polar moment of inertia of the unit disk with density equal to the distance from the -axis.
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This solution is an outline.
δ = ∣ x ∣ = r ∣ cos θ ∣ . I 0 = ∫ ∫ D r 2 δ r d r d θ =
∫ 0 2 π ∫ 0 1 r 2 ∣ r cos θ ∣ r d r d θ = ∫ 0 2 π ∫ 0 1 r 4 cos θ d r d θ = 4 ∫ 0 2 π 5 1 cos θ d θ = 5 4