Find center of mass and coordinates using double integrals?

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Homework Statement


Find the mass and center of mass of the lamina that occupies the region D and has the given density function ρ.
D is bounded by the parabolas y = x^2 and x = y^2; ρ(x, y) = 23√x

Homework Equations



m = [itex]\int[/itex][itex]\int[/itex][itex]_{D}[/itex] ρ(x, y) dA
x-bar = [itex]\int[/itex][itex]\int[/itex][itex]_{D}[/itex] x*ρ(x, y) dA
y-bar = [itex]\int[/itex][itex]\int[/itex][itex]_{D}[/itex] y*ρ(x, y) dA

The Attempt at a Solution


I integrated 23√x using order dydx with limits: x^2 ≤ y ≤ √x and 0 ≤ x ≤ 1.
m = 69/14.

The problem I'm having is with the coordinates. I first got (x-bar,y-bar) as (14/62, 28/1265) but that was wrong in my online assignment. I used the same limits of integration and the above equations to find x-bar and y-bar. I don't know where I'm going wrong with the coordinates... Am I suppose to be using different limits?
 
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monnapomona said:

Homework Statement


Find the mass and center of mass of the lamina that occupies the region D and has the given density function ρ.
D is bounded by the parabolas y = x^2 and x = y^2; ρ(x, y) = 23

Homework Equations



m = [itex]\int[/itex][itex]\int[/itex][itex]_{D}[/itex] ρ(x, y) dA
x-bar = [itex]\int[/itex][itex]\int[/itex][itex]_{D}[/itex] x*ρ(x, y) dA
y-bar = [itex]\int[/itex][itex]\int[/itex][itex]_{D}[/itex] y*ρ(x, y) dA

The Attempt at a Solution


I integrated 23√x using order dydx with limits: x^2 ≤ y ≤ √x and 0 ≤ x ≤ 1.
m = 69/14.

The problem I'm having is with the coordinates. I first got (x-bar,y-bar) as (14/62, 28/1265) but that was wrong in my online assignment. I used the same limits of integration and the above equations to find x-bar and y-bar. I don't know where I'm going wrong with the coordinates... Am I suppose to be using different limits?

If you are trying to compute m you just integrate 23. Why are you integrating sqrt(x) as well? m isn't 69/14. Can you spell out what you are doing in a little more detail?
 
SteamKing said:
Your equations for x-bar and y-bar are incorrect. What you have are the expressions for the moments of D about the x and y axes. In order to find x-bar and y-bar, you must divide the moment values by the mass of the region D.

Oh my mistake, I used:

y-bar = 1/m [itex]\int[/itex][itex]\int[/itex][itex]_{D}[/itex] y*ρ(x, y) dA
x-bar = 1/m [itex]\int[/itex][itex]\int[/itex][itex]_{D}[/itex] x*ρ(x, y) dA

to find the coordinates.
 
monnapomona said:
Oh my mistake, I used:

y-bar = 1/m [itex]\int[/itex][itex]\int[/itex][itex]_{D}[/itex] y*ρ(x, y) dA
x-bar = 1/m [itex]\int[/itex][itex]\int[/itex][itex]_{D}[/itex] x*ρ(x, y) dA

to find the coordinates.
And in your case, [itex]\rho(x,y)= 23[/itex], a constant. So
[tex]\overline{x}= \frac{23}{m}\int\int x dxdy[/tex]
[tex]\overline{y}= \frac{23}{m}\int\int y dxdy[/tex]
with
[tex]m= 23\int\int dxdy[/tex]

You are given "D is bounded by the parabolas y = x^2 and x = y^2". Those, of course, intersect at x= 0 and at x= 1. What will the limits of integration be?
 
Dick said:
If you are trying to compute m you just integrate 23. Why are you integrating sqrt(x) as well? m isn't 69/14. Can you spell out what you are doing in a little more detail?

Sorry for the confusion, the question was asking to integrate 23√x. I edited my first post.