In an effort to be the star of the halftime show, a majorette twirls an unusual baton made up of four spheres fasted to the ends of very light rods. Each rod is 1.0 m long and each
mass is 0.35 kg. Find the moment of inertia of the baton about an axis perpendicular to
the page and passing through the point where the rods cross.

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Since you have not included the experiment situation and the data, of course, i can not give you specific details about it. but i can you with this question.1) i will assume that the motion is projectile (parabolic) motion.2) yes, the horizontal distance depends on the horizontal velocity as, naming vx the horizontal velocity and t the time, it is: x = vx × t3) now, observe that the flight time depends on the vertical velocity as, naming voy the initial vertical velocity, t the time and y the vertical distance before reaching the ground: y = yo + voy×t - gt² / 2.the higher the initial vertical velocity (voy) the longer the object will be flying and so t will be higher in the equation for the horizontal distance.that explains the relationship between the horizontal distance and the horizontal velocity.