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From figure it can be seen that

Now,

or,

Therefore,

L13 : Second Moments and Products of Area in the rotated Coordinate System

If we know, the second moment and products of area about a reference xy, we can find these quantities relative to a rotated reference x'y' that has the same origin as xy. Let us consider that reference x'y' is rotated at an angle q from xy as shown in figure.