Consider the figure
Center of mass,
M = Aσ
Ma = (16-8)(6)σ = (48 cm2)σ
Mb = (15)(8.0)σ = (120 cm2)σ
Calculate the center of mass of the object below. Assume the mass is uniformly distributed.
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