Calculate the rotational inertia of the system

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A potter's wheel (a solid, uniform disk) of mass 5.7 kg and radius 0.65 m spins about its central axis. A 2.1 kg lump of clay is dropped onto the wheel at a distance 0.41 m from the axis. Calculate the rotational inertia of the system.

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