diff --git a/quarto/integrals/center_of_mass.qmd b/quarto/integrals/center_of_mass.qmd index 7e47074..b681120 100644 --- a/quarto/integrals/center_of_mass.qmd +++ b/quarto/integrals/center_of_mass.qmd @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ For the triangular shape, we have by the fact that $f(x) = 1 - \lvert x \rvert$ ##### Example -What about the center of mass of the triangle formed by the line $x=-1$, the $x$ axis and $(1-x)/2$? This too is defined between $a=-1$ and $b=-1$, but the center of mass will be negative, as a graph shows more mass to the left of $0$ than the right: +What about the center of mass of the triangle formed by the line $x=-1$, the $x$ axis and $(1-x)/2$? This too is defined between $a=-1$ and $b=1$, but the center of mass will be negative, as a graph shows more mass to the left of $0$ than the right: ```{julia} @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ We can talk about the center of mass in the $y$ direction too. The approximating -For example, consider, again, the triangle bounded by the line $x=-1$, the $x$ axis, and the line $y=(1-x)/2$. In terms of describing this in $y$, the function $f(y)=2 -2y$ gives the total length of the horizontal slice (which comes from solving $y=(x-1)/2$for $x$, the general method to find an inverse function, and subtracting $-1$) and the interval is $y=0$ to $y=1$. Thus our center of mass in the $y$ direction will be +For example, consider, again, the triangle bounded by the line $x=-1$, the $x$ axis, and the line $y=(1-x)/2$. In terms of describing this in $y$, the function $f(y)=2 -2y$ gives the total length of the horizontal slice (which comes from solving $y=(1-x)/2$for $x$, the general method to find an inverse function, and subtracting $-1$) and the interval is $y=0$ to $y=1$. Thus our center of mass in the $y$ direction will be $$ @@ -397,10 +397,10 @@ However, the value for cm$_y$ will - like the last problem - be around $1/3$. Th $$ \text{cm}_y = \frac{\int_{0}^1 y 2 \sqrt{1 - y^2}dy}{\int_{0}^1 2\sqrt{1-y^2}} = -\frac{-(1-x^2)^{3/2}/3\big|_0^1}{\pi/2} = \frac{1}{3}. +\frac{-2(1-y^2)^{3/2}/3\big|_0^1}{\pi/2} = \frac{4}{3\pi}. $$ -In fact it is exactly $1/3$. The top calculation is done by $u$-substitution, the bottom by using the area formula for a half circle, $\pi r^2/2$. +The top calculation is done by $u$-substitution, the bottom by using the area formula for a half circle, $\pi r^2/2$. ##### Example @@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ $$ (Where $\text{sech}$ is the hyperbolic secant, implemented in `julia` through `sech`.) -For $m=2$ and $s=4$ compute the mean, or center of mass, of this density. +For $\mu=2$ and $s=4$ compute the mean, or center of mass, of this density. ```{julia}