Chapter 13: Q. 16 (page 1038)
Show that when the density of the region is proportional to the distance from the -axis, the first moment about the -axis is
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the first moment of the mass in about the axis is
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Chapter 13: Q. 16 (page 1038)
Show that when the density of the region is proportional to the distance from the -axis, the first moment about the -axis is
the first moment of the mass in about the axis is
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In the following lamina, all angles are right angles and the density is constant:

In Exercises 61–64, let R be the rectangular solid defined by
Assume that the density of R is uniform throughout.
(a) Without using calculus, explain why the center of
mass is
(b) Verify that is the center of mass by using the appropriate integral expressions.
Evaluate the sums in Exercises .
Describe the three-dimensional region expressed in each iterated integral in Exercises 35–44.
Find the masses of the solids described in Exercises 53–56.
The solid bounded above by the plane with equation 2x + 3y − z = 2 and bounded below by the triangle with vertices (1, 0, 0), (4, 0, 0), and (0, 2, 0) if the density at each point is proportional to the distance of the point from the
xy-plane.
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