Find the Center of Mass of a Thin Plate Covering $y = 50 - x ^ { 2 }$

question 104

Multiple Choice

Find the center of mass of a thin plate covering the given region with the given density function.
-The region enclosed by the parabolas $y = 50 - x ^ { 2 }$ and $y = x ^ { 2 }$ , with density $\delta ( x ) = x ^ { 2 }$

• A) \(\bar { x } = 0 , \bar { y } = 25\)
• B) \(\bar { x } = 25 , \bar { y } = 0\)
• C) \(\bar { x } = 0 , \bar { y } = 50\)
• D) \(\bar { x } = 0 , \bar { y } = 20\)

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