Find the inertia tensor for this rigid body

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A rigid body is assembled from 3 "mass-less" rods and three identical "point masses." The masses are placed separately at ai (i hat), aj (j hat), and ak (k hat) in a Cartesian Coordinate system.

a) Find the center of mass

b) Find the inertia tensor for this rigid body, relative to the orgin.

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