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1.S: Centers of Mass (Summary)

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SUMMARY

Triangular lamina: 2/3 of way from vertex to midpoint of opposite side

Solid Tetrahedron, Pyramid, Cone: 3/4 of way from vertex to centroid of opposite face.

Hollow cone: 2/3 of way from vertex to midpoint of base.

Semicircular lamina: 4a3π

Lamina in form of a sector of a circle, angle 2α : (2asinα)(3α)

Semicircular wire: 2aπ

Wire in form of an arc of a circle, angle 2α : (asinα)α

Solid hemisphere: 3a8

Hollow hemisphere: a2


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