Module 14 :  Double Integrals, Applilcations to Areas and Volumes Change of variables
Lecture 41 :  Applications of multiple integrals  [Section 41.2]
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Mass, center of mass of a planer body :
 

Let a planer body occupy a region and have density (mass per unit area) to be at a point in the body. Then the mass of the body is given by

Further the point , where

 

and



is called the center of mass of the body. This is the point where the whole mass of the body can be assumed to be concentrated. For , if is the density (mass per unit volume) at a point , then the mass of is defined by

and the center of mass is given by

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