After hanging a thin circular hoop (mass M=0.25kg, radius R= 0.25 m) on a nail on the wall, you noticednthat it swings side to side in simple harmonic motion. The moment of inertia of a hoop about its center of mass is Icom= MR^2.  A. Compute for the moment of inertia about the pivot point, I = I com + Md^2 B. Solve for the period of oscillation, T.

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After hanging a thin circular hoop (mass M=0.25kg, radius R= 0.25 m) on a nail on the wall, you noticednthat it swings side to side in simple harmonic motion. The moment of inertia of a hoop about its center of mass is Icom= MR^2. 

A. Compute for the moment of inertia about the pivot point, I = I com + Md^2

B. Solve for the period of oscillation, T. 

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