Chapter 8
Integral Calculus and Its Uses
8.2 Two-Dimensional Centers of Mass
Exercises
- Evaluate each of the following integrals.
- \(\displaystyle\int \left(t^2+\sin\,3t\right)\,dt\)
- \(\displaystyle\int\;\frac{7}{\sqrt{s+1}}\,ds\)
- \(\displaystyle\int_0^{\,\pi/2} \cos\,2x \,dx\)
- \(\displaystyle\int_0^{\,2}\,e^{-0.3t}\,dt\)
- \(\displaystyle\int\,\left(1+x^2\right)^2\,dx\)
- \(\displaystyle\int_0^{\,\pi/2} \,\sqrt{u}\;du\)
- Find the center of mass of each of the following regions. Calculate each integral by hand, and check your work with the Definite Integral tool.
- The region bounded above by the curve \(y=2-x^2\) and below by the \(x\)-axis.
- The region bounded above by the line \(y=x\) and below by the curve \(y=x^2\).
- The region in the first quadrant bounded above by the curve \(y=2x^4\), below by the \(x\)-axis, and on the right by \(x=2\).
- The region in the first quadrant bounded above by the curve \(y=1+x^2\), below by the \(x\)-axis, on the left by \(x=0\), and on the right by \(x=1\).
- The region in the first quadrant bounded above by the curve \(y=\sqrt{x}\) and below by \(y=x\).
- The region in the first quadrant bounded above by the curve \(y=x^3\), below by \(y=x\), on the left by \(x=1\), and on the right by \(x=2\).
- Find the center of mass of the half-disk under the graph of \(x^2+y^2=1\) and above the \(x\)-axis, following these steps:
- First, without any calculation, what is \(\bar{x}\)? What is the area?
- Now set up an integral for \(M_x\) and evaluate it.
- What is \(\bar{y}\)?
- Find the center of mass of the quarter-circular region under the graph of \(x^2+y^2=1\) and in the first quadrant. (Hint: \(\bar{x}\) must be the same as \(\bar{y}\) - why? Thus you need at most one moment calculation. Use as much of the previous exercise as you can - you may be able to solve this problem without any calculation at all.)