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Homework Statement
Well I just need to understand how to find the centroid of a triangle, I know it's 2/3 from the vertex, but I need to know how finding it is done.
Homework Equations
[tex]\overline{x}= \frac{\int x dA}{\int dA}[/tex]
[tex]\overline{y}=\frac{\int y dA}{\int dA}[/tex]
The Attempt at a Solution
Firstly I drew a triangle using the equation y=hx/b.
Then I considered a small rectangular element, whose height is and width is [itex]\delta x[/itex].
the area of this element is
The Area of this small element is [itex]\delta A=y \delta x[/itex]
Now the sum of all the infinitesmal areas is given by
[tex]dA=\sum_{x=0}^{x=b} y \delta x[/tex]
as [itex]\delta x \rightarrow 0[/itex]
[tex]\int dA=\int_0 ^b y dx[/tex]
Homework Statement
Well I just need to understand how to find the centroid of a triangle, I know it's 2/3 from the vertex, but I need to know how finding it is done.
Homework Equations
[tex]\overline{x}= \frac{\int x dA}{\int dA}[/tex]
[tex]\overline{y}=\frac{\int y dA}{\int dA}[/tex]
The Attempt at a Solution
Firstly I drew a triangle using the equation y=hx/b.
Then I considered a small rectangular element, whose height is and width is [itex]\delta x[/itex].
the area of this element is
The Area of this small element is [itex]\delta A=y \delta x[/itex]
Now the sum of all the infinitesmal areas is given by
[tex]dA=\sum_{x=0} ^{x=b} y \delta x[/tex]
as [itex]\delta x \rightarrow 0[/itex]
[tex]\int dA=\int_0 ^b y dx[/tex]
So the x-coordinate of the centroid is
[tex]\overline{x}=\frac{\int_0 ^b \frac{h}{b}x^2}{\int_0 ^b \frac{h}{b}x}[/tex]
So the x-coordinate of the centroid is
[tex]\overline{x}=\frac{\int_0 ^b \frac{h}{b}x^2}{\int_0 ^b \frac{h}{b}x}[/tex]
This is correct so far I assume, but what I do not understand is how to get the y-coordinate which should be the same answer.
EDIT: If my latex is wrong, I will type it over, so far the preview is only showing latex which I have typed for previous questions and not what I actually typed in the post, yet when I post the message it says my latex code is invalid.