Seven identical coins are rigidly arranged on a flat table in the pattern shown below so that each coin touches its neighbors. Each coin is a thin disc of mass m and radius r. Note that the moment of inertia of an individual coin about an axis passing through centre and perpendicular to the plane of the coin is `m^(2)//2`

The moment of inertia of the system of seven coins about an axis that passes through the point P (the centre of the coin positioned directly to the right of the central coin) and perpendicular to the plane of the coins is–

Options

A. `(55)/(2) mr^(2)`
B. `(127)/(2) mr^(2)`
C. `(111)/(2) mr^(2)`
D. `55m r^(2)`

Answer

C

Explanation

`I_(p)= (mr^(2))/(2) + 3 [(mr^(2))/(2) + m(2r)^(2)] + [(mr^(2))/(2) + m(r2 sqrt3)^(2)] xx 2 + [(mr^(2))/(2) + (4r)^(2)m]`
` = (111)/(2) mr^(2)`