Problem: Calculate the center of mass of the object below. Assume the mass is uniformly distributed.

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Center of mass,

$\begin{array}{rcl} C . M = [X & = & \frac{M_{a} X_{C a} + M_{b} X_{C b}}{M_{a} + M_{b}}, \begin{array}{cl} Y = & \frac{M_{a} Y_{C a} + M_{b} Y_{C b}}{M_{a} + M_{b}} \end{array}] \end{array}$

M = Aσ

M_a = (16-8)(6)σ = (48 cm²)σ

M_b = (15)(8.0)σ = (120 cm²)σ

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Calculate the center of mass of the object below. Assume the mass is uniformly distributed.

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