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Ch. 6 - Applications of Definite Integrals
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.PE.41

Centers of Mass and Centroids

Find the center of mass of a thin, flat plate covering the region enclosed by the parabola ๐”‚ยฒ = ๐“ and the line ๐“ = 2๐”‚ if the density function is ฮด(๐”‚) = 1 + ๐”‚. (Use horizontal strips.)

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Centers of Mass and Centroids

Find the centroid of a thin, flat plate covering the region enclosed by the parabolas ๐”‚ = 2๐“ยฒ and ๐”‚ = 3 โ€• ๐“ยฒ .

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Volumes

Find the volumes of the solids in Exercises 1โ€“18.

The solid lies between planes perpendicular to the x-axis at x = 0 and x = 1. The cross-sections perpendicular to the x-axis between these planes are circular disks whose diameters run from the parabola y = xยฒ to the parabola y = โˆšx.

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Areas of Surfaces of Revolution

In Exercises 23โ€“26, find the areas of the surfaces generated by revolving the curves about the given axes.

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y = โˆš2x + 1 , 0 โ‰ค x โ‰ค 3 ; x-axis"

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Work

Pumping a conical tank A right-circular conical tank, point down, with top radius 5 ft and height 10 ft, is filled with a liquid whose weight-density is 60lb/ftยณ. How much work does it take to pump the liquid to a point 2 ft above the tank? If the pump is driven by a motor rated at 275ft-lb/sec (1/2 hp), how long will it take to empty the tank? 

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Find the lengths of the curves in Exercises 19โ€“22.

y = xยน/ยฒ โ€• (1/3) xยณ/ยฒ , 1 โ‰ค x โ‰ค 4

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Volumes

Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region bounded by the x-axis, the curve y = 3xโด , and the lines x = 1 and x = โ€•1 about

a. the x-axis

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