From a square sheet of uniform density, one of the four portions within its diagonals is removed .. Find the of centre of mass of a remaining portion if the side of the square is a. The portion removed is right one


Lets find out the com of the triangle first.
Let the density be ρ
The center of the squre is taken as the origin
The x coordinate of the CoM is
xcm=0a/22ρxxtanθdxρa24=8a2tan(450)0a/2x2dx=8a2a233=a3
Now using symmetry ycm=0
Similarly, the coordinates of the other three triangles are (-a/3,0), (0,a/3),(0,-a/3)
So the CoM of the remaining square is
(Xcm,Ycm)=-a3+0+03,0+a3-a33(Xcm,Ycm)=-a9,0
 

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