APPENDIX A

Table A.1: Properties of Areas

Shape Figure Area Centroidal

​​  ¯​​ 
Distance x 
c
(a) Triangle
x
​​  bh ​​ 
__
​​  b + c
__  ​​ 
 
h 2 3

(b) Right triangle x

h
​​  bh ​​ 
__
​​  b ​​ 
__
2 3
b
𝜃= 0
(c) Parabola
x 2bh
h ​​ __  ​​   ​​  3b ​​ 
__
3 8
b

b
(d) Parabola

h 𝜃= 0 ​​  bh ​​ 
__
​​  b ​​ 
__
3 4
x

b
(e) Third-degree parabola
h 𝜃=0 ​​  bh ​​ 
__
4 0.2b
x

b
(  f  ) Rectangle
h bh ​​  b ​​ 
__
2
x

b
(g) Trapezoid
b(2h1 + h2)
h2 ​​  b ​​  (h1 + h2)
__ ​​ __________  ​​ 
h1 2 3(h1 + h2)
x

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