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Locate the center of mass \((\bar{x}, \bar{y}, \bar{z})\) of the homogeneous block assembly.

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QUESTION:

Locate the center of mass \((\bar{x}, \bar{y}, \bar{z})\) of the homogeneous block assembly.

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 Step  1 of 5

We need to find the center of mass  of the body shown.

 Step  2 of 5

We can divide this composite body into 3 parts.Refer to the figure below.

 Step  3 of 5

 We also need to find their centre of mass. For the parts 2 and 3 its simple their centroid is in the middle of them. From example  we know that for any triangle its centroid is

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