If the moment of inertia of a solid sphere with uniform mass density and total mass and radius which is rotating around its tangent axis can be written as
where and are coprime positive integers , find .
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the moment of inertia of a solid sphere about its central axis is 2/5(MR^2)... BY APPLYING PARALLEL AXIS THEOREM moment of inertia about tangential axis = 2/5 MR^2 +MR^2=7/5MR^2 ....SO, a=7 and b=5 .......a+b=7+5=12