Find the center of mass of a thin plate covering the region bounded below by the parabola y = x^2 and above by the line y = x if the plate's density at the point (x, y) is d(x) = 12x.
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First, we need to find the limits of integration for x. To do this, we need to find the points where the parabola y = x^2 and the line y = x intersect. We can set them equal to each other: x^2 = x x^2 - x = 0 x(x - 1) = 0 x = 0, x = 1 So, the limits of Show more…
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