A solid of uniform density is bounded by the planes x = − 2 , x = − 1 , y = 2 z , y = 3 x , z = − x , z = 0 . Find the y coordinate of the center of mass of this solid. The answer can be expressed as ( − q p ) for positive coprime integers p , q , enter p + q
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Moment of the solid about the xz-plane, where ρ is the uniform density:
M xz = ∫ − 2 − 1 ∫ − x 0 ∫ 2 z 3 x ρ y d y d z d x
Mass of the solid:
m = ∫ − 2 − 1 ∫ − x 0 ∫ 2 z 3 x ρ d y d z d x
The y-coordinate of the centre of mass of the solid:
y = m M xz
Plugging in the numbers: y = − 2 2 4 3 4 5 , and the answer is 345+224= 5 6 9
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Let y 0 be the y coordinate of the centroid, then y 0 is given by the triple integral
y 0 = ( V 1 ) ∫ x = − 2 − 1 ∫ z = 0 − x ∫ y = 3 x 2 z y d y d z d x
where V is the volume and is given by V = ∫ x = − 2 − 1 ∫ z = 0 − x ∫ y = 3 x 2 z d y d z d x = 3 2 8
Integrating with respect to y first,
y 0 = ( 2 8 3 ) ∫ x = − 2 − 1 ∫ z = 0 − x ( 2 z 2 − 2 9 x 2 ) d z d x
Now integrating with respect to z ,
y 0 = ( 2 8 3 ) ∫ x = − 2 − 1 ( − 3 2 x 3 + 2 9 x 3 ) d x = ( 2 8 3 ) ∫ x = − 2 − 1 6 2 3 x 3 d x
Finally, integrating with respect to x
y 0 = ( 2 8 3 ) ( 6 2 3 ) ( 4 1 ) ( ( − 1 ) 4 − ( − 2 ) 4 ) = ( 5 6 2 3 ) ( − 4 1 5 ) = − 2 2 4 3 4 5
Therefore, the answer is 3 4 5 + 2 2 4 = 5 6 9