Spoked Wheel Moment

A circular wheel with eight spokes has a total mass M M , a radius R R , and a uniform linear mass density.

The moment of inertia with respect to an axis perpendicular to the wheel's plane and passing through the wheel's center can be expressed as:

M R 2 ( a + b π a b + b π ) , \large{MR^{2} \left(\dfrac{a + b\pi}{ab + b\pi}\right)},

where a a and b b are coprime positive integers . Determine a + b a+b .


The answer is 7.

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Steven Chase
Aug 27, 2016

All your problems are so original.. keep posting stuff like this!

Pratyush Pandey - 4 years, 8 months ago

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Thanks. I appreciate it. Yep, I just post whatever crazy idea comes to mind.

Steven Chase - 4 years, 8 months ago

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