Consider an irregularly shaped planar lamina of uniform density , bounded by graphs
, and
.The mass
of this region is given by:
where A is the area of the region.
The moments about the x- and y-axes are given by:
The center of mass is given by ;
Given:
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The graphs...
Consider an irregularly shaped planar lamina of uniform density , bounded by graphs
, and
.The mass
of this region is given by:
where A is the area of the region.
The moments about the x- and y-axes are given by:
The center of mass is given by ;
Given:
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The graphs intersect at the coordinates
Let's evaluate the area of the bounded region,
Now let's evaluate the moments about the x- and y-axes,
Since the graph is symmetrical about the y-axis,
So, and
,
The coordinates of the center of mass are
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