Find the centre of mass of a uniform (a) half-disc, (b) quarter-disc.

Find the centre of mass of a uniform (a) half-disc, (b) quarter-disc.

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This is a long answer type question as classified in NCERT Exemplar
let M and R be mass and radius of half disc , mass per unit area of half disc
So m =
(a) the half disc be supposed to be consist of a large number of semicircular ring of mass dm and thickness dr and radii ranging from r=0 to r=R.
surface area of semicircular ring of radius r and thickness dr =
so mass of the elementary ring dm =
dm=
if x,y are coordinates of centre of mass of this element,
then (x,y)=(0,2r/ )
so x=0 and y =2r/
let xcm and ycm be the coordinates of the centre of mass of the semicircular disc
so xcm=
Ycm=
= 0R
= 4R/3
Centre of mass of a uniform quar
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