To Find: The distance of the centroid from the bottom of the square.
Answer to Problem 14P
The centroid of the shaded region from the base of is
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The area of the triangle is
The centroid of the remaining region is 4 cm right side of the square.
Calculation:
Consider the required diagram is shown in Figure 1
Figure 1
Consider the area of the square is
Calculate the area of the triangle is,
Consider the base of the triangle is
Consider the centroid of the shaded region is,
Then,
Then, the value of
Also,
Thus, the centroid of the shaded region from the base of is
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