Calculate the moment of inertia of a baseball bat for thefollowing cases. (a) Assume the bat is a wooden rod of uniformdiameter and take the pivot point to be in the middle of the bat,at the end of the bat, and 5 cm from the end of the handle, where abatter who \"chokes up\" on the bat would place his hands.Hint: Consider the bat as two rods held together at thepivot point.
a) Estimate the mass of the bat.
m=.552kg
Estimate the length of the bat
estimated length= .75m
(i) in the middle of the bat (Use your estimate.)
(ii) at the end of the bat (Use your estimate.)
(iii) 5 cm from the end of the handle (Use your estimate.)
(b) Assume a realistic bat, which is narrower at the handle thanat the opposite end, and consider the three locations from part(a). (i) The estimate from part (a) for the moment of inertia inthe middle of the bat is which of the following?
a) too high, b)approximately equal, c) too low
(ii) The estimate from part (a) for the moment of inertia at theend of the bat is which of the following?
a) too high, b)approximately equal, c) too low
(iii) The estimate from part (a) for the moment of inertia 5 cmfrom the end of the handle is which of the following?
a) too high, b)approximately equal, c) too low
