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I am having the hardest time figuring out the center of mass of this problem.
A sheet of metal is cut in the shape of a parabola (imagine that you have a parabola shape with the top being flat). The curved edge of the sheet is specified by the equation y=ax^2, and y ranges from 0 to b. Find the center of mass in terms of a and b. (You will need to find the area first.)
There's the question. The answer is 3b/5. I used center of mass equation
Ycm=(1/m)(integral of y dm)
A sheet of metal is cut in the shape of a parabola (imagine that you have a parabola shape with the top being flat). The curved edge of the sheet is specified by the equation y=ax^2, and y ranges from 0 to b. Find the center of mass in terms of a and b. (You will need to find the area first.)
There's the question. The answer is 3b/5. I used center of mass equation
Ycm=(1/m)(integral of y dm)