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A uniform plane sheet of metal in the form of a triangle `ABC` has `BC gt AB gt AC`. Its moment of inertia will be smallest

A

about `AC` as axis

B

about `AB` as axis

C

about `BC` as axis

D

with a line through `C` normal to its plane as axis,

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