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Find the center of mass of a thin plate of constant density covering the given region.
1) The region bounded by y = x2 and y = 3
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A) x = 0, y = B) x = 0, y = C) x = 0, y = 5 D) x = 0, y =
5 5 5
2) The region bounded by y = 8 - x and the axes
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A) x = 8, y = 8 B) x = 32, y = 32 C) x = , y = D) x = , y =
3 3 3 3
3) The region bounded by y = x4 , x = 1, and the x-axis
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A) x = , y = B) x = , y = C) x = , y = D) x = , y =
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4) The region bounded by the parabola y = 36 - x2 and the x-axis
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A) x = 0, y = B) x = 0, y = C) x = 0, y = D) x = , y = 0
5 72 5 5
5) The region enclosed by the parabolas y = - x2 + 8 and y = x2
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A) x = 0, y = B) x = 4, y = 0 C) x = 0, y = 8 D) x = 0, y = 4
5
π 3π
6) The region between the x-axis and the curve y = 2csc2 x, ≤ x ≤
4 4
π 3π 8 π 4 π
A) x = , y = 2 B) x = , y = C) x = , y = D) x = , y = 3
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Find the center of mass of a thin plate covering the given region with the given density function.
7) The region bounded below by the parabola y = x2 and above by the line y = x + 2, with density δ(x) = 9x2
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A) x = , y = B) x = , y = C) x = , y = D) x = , y =
5 70 7 49 8 64 70 5
8) The region bounded by the parabola y = 36 - x2 and the x-axis, with density δ(x) = 6x2
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A) x = 0, y = B) x = 0, y = C) x = 0, y = D) x = , y = 0
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9) The region enclosed by the parabolas y = 8 - x2 and y = x2 , with density δ(x) = x2
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A) x = 4, y = 0 B) x = 0, y = 4 C) x = 0, y = 8 D) x = 0, y =
5
Find the centroid of the thin plate bounded by the graphs of the given functions. Use δ = 1 and M = area of the region
covered by the plate.
11) g(x) = x2 and f(x) = x + 2
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A) x = , y = B) x = , y = 2 C) x = 2, y = D) x = , y =
4 5 2 5 2 5
1) A
2) D
3) B
4) A
5) D
6) C
7) B
8) B
9) B
10) D
11) D
12) C