A sine curve

Calculus Level 4

Consider the area bounded by the curve y = sin x y=\sin x and x x axis between 0 0 and π \pi . What is the height of the centre of gravity of the area from the x x axis?


The answer is 0.3926.

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Guilherme Niedu
Mar 17, 2017

y ˉ = 0 π 1 2 sin ( x ) 2 d x 0 π sin ( x ) d x \large \displaystyle \bar{y} = \frac{\int_0^{\pi} \frac12 \sin(x)^2 dx }{\int_0^{\pi} \sin(x) dx}

y ˉ = 0 π 1 4 [ 1 cos ( 2 x ) ] d x cos ( x ) 0 π \large \displaystyle \bar{y} = \frac{\int_0^{\pi} \frac14 [1 - \cos(2x)] dx }{- \cos(x) \Big | _0^{\pi} }

y ˉ = ( x 4 sin ( 2 x ) 8 ) 0 π 2 \large \displaystyle \bar{y} = \frac{(\frac{x}{4} - \frac{\sin(2x)}{8}) \Big | _0^{\pi} }{2}

y ˉ = π 8 0.3926... \large \displaystyle \color{#3D99F6} \bar{y} = \frac{\pi}{8} \approx \fbox{0.3926...}

Can you pls explain how did you get your first step!?

Vidit Kulshreshtha - 4 years, 2 months ago

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