Find the Center of Mass of a Thin Plate of Constant

question 190

Multiple Choice

Find the center of mass of a thin plate of constant density covering the given region.
-The region bounded by $y = x ^ { 4 } , x = 5$ , and the $x$ -axis

• A) \(\bar { x } = \frac { 25 } { 6 } , \bar { y } = \frac { 3125 } { 18 }\)
• B) \(\bar { x } = \frac { 35 } { 12 } , \bar { y } = \frac { 625 } { 18 }\)
• C) \(\bar { x } = \frac { 5 } { 6 } , \bar { y } = \frac { 625 } { 18 }\)
• D) \(\bar { x } = \frac { 25 } { 12 } , \bar { y } = \frac { 3125 } { 36 }\)

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