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Homework Statement
Find the center of mass for the following triange:
http://www.ehow.com/how_5132033_calculate-hypotenuse.html
above is a picture of a triangle, it is a right triangle
the side labeled a in the picture is a length of 1 and side b is length of 2, the total weight of the triangle is 5kg.
Homework Equations
a = bh*1/2
The Attempt at a Solution
I don't know much about where to begin, except for that this problem is an integral problem, somehow involving the area of a triangle formula, and the formula for density.