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Homework Statement


Find the centroid of the region bounded by ...

y=x^3, x+y=2, y=0

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I think you find the area of the region which is 5/4
 
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Sure, that's the area alright. What else do you have to compute to find the centroid?
 


That is NOT what I get for the area! dohsan, could you show your work?
 

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