Question: ( a ) If a hoop and a disk both have the same outer radius and mass which one will have the largest rotational inertia?

(a) If a hoop and a disk both have the same outer radius and mass which one will have the largest rotational inertia? I.e. which object has its mass distributed farther away from an axis of rotation through its center. Why?

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