Consider a homogenous plate made up of a semi-ellipse and a rectangle whose base is of length 2b, which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE? 1. The y-axis is a centroidal axis II. The first moment of the area about x is NONZERO. III. The centroid of the plate is below the x-axis. b y BA CD b

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Consider a homogenous plate made up of a semi-ellipse and a rectangle whose base is of length 2b, which of the following
statement(s) is/are TRUE?
1. The y-axis is a centroidal axis
• II. The first moment of the area about x is NONZERO.
• III. The centroid of the plate is below the x-axis.
.
b
y
BA
C D
b
X
Transcribed Image Text:Consider a homogenous plate made up of a semi-ellipse and a rectangle whose base is of length 2b, which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE? 1. The y-axis is a centroidal axis • II. The first moment of the area about x is NONZERO. • III. The centroid of the plate is below the x-axis. . b y BA C D b X
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