Moment of Inertia & Radius of Gyration
and C are disc, solid sphere and spherical shell respectively with same radii and masses. These masses are placed as shown in figure.

The moment of inertia of the given system about PQ axis is , where I is the moment of inertia of the disc about its diameter. The value of is ____________.
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
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Answer: 199
- Disc A: PQ is its diameter, , so .
- Solid sphere B touches PQ: .
- Shell C touches PQ: .
- , so .