Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH101/April 2018/Question 11 (ii)
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Question 11 (ii) |
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Since we all love calculus, lastly we will consider the heart-shaped region bounded by
The plot of is shown below (where the coordinate axes have been deliberately removed).
(ii) Assume that the density of the heart-shaped region is constant. Show that the -coordinate of the centroid of this region, labelled by , can be written in the form . Determine the constant explicitly. |
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For the region below a curve and above a curve on the interval , the -coordinate of the centroid is given by where is the area of the region (this formula can be found in the CLP-2 Integral Calculus textbook). |
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Solution |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. We will use the formula from the hint with and and ; these were obtained already in part (i). Then and . Moreover, we know from part (i) that . Thus, the -coordinate of the centroid of is precisely
Since the integrand is an even function, we have
using the fact that for .
Answer: The correct constant is . |