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Find the centre of mass of a uniform plate having semicircular inner and outer boundaries of radii R1 and R2.
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Solution

Let the mass of the plate be M.
Consider a small semicircular portion of mass dm and radius r, as shown in fig.



dm=MπrdrπR22-R122=MR22-R122rdr
The centre of mass is given as:
ycm=ydmM

ycm=R1R22rπ.MR22-R122×rdrM=2πR22-R122R1R2r2dr=2πR22-R122R23-R133=4R12+R1R2+R223πR1+R2

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