8. A meter stick is pivoted at a point a distance a from its center and swings
as a physical pendulum. Of the following values for a, which results in the
shortest period of oscillation? (A) a = 0.5 m (B) a = 0.3 m (C) a = 0.2 m (D) a
= 0.1 m (E) a = 0 m.