A sheet of siding has a centrally-located doorway of width 2.0 m and height 6.0 m cut out of it. The sheet, with the doorway hole, has a mass of 264 kg. (a) What is the x coordinate of the center of mass? (b) What is the y coordinate of the center of mass? Assume the lower left hand corner of the siding is at (0, 0).
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Size of sheet of siding is....????
12 x 12
To find the coordinates of the center of mass, we need to consider the individual mass of each component and its respective position.
First, let's split the sheet of siding into two rectangular parts: the main sheet and the doorway cutout.
For the main sheet:
- The width is the same as the hole width, which is 2.0 m.
- The height is the sheet's height minus the hole height, which is (6.0 m - 2.0 m) = 4.0 m.
- The mass of the main sheet is the total mass minus the mass of the doorway cutout.
Now, we can calculate the mass of the main sheet:
- Given, the total mass of the sheet with the doorway hole is 264 kg.
- The mass of the doorway cutout is calculated by multiplying its dimensions (2.0 m * 6.0 m) by the density of the sheet material.
Let's assume the density of the sheet material is ρ kg/m² (not provided), and the area of the doorway cutout is (2.0 m * 6.0 m) = 12 m². Therefore, the mass of the doorway cutout is ρ * 12 kg.
The mass of the main sheet is the total mass minus the mass of the doorway cutout:
Main sheet mass = Total mass - Doorway cutout mass = 264 kg - (ρ * 12 kg)
Now, we have the mass and dimensions of the main sheet. We can find the center of mass coordinates.
(a) X-coordinate of the center of mass:
To find the x-coordinate, we need to consider the individual mass and x-coordinate for each component.
The x-coordinate of the center of mass can be calculated using the formula:
Xcm = (m1 * x1 + m2 * x2) / (m1 + m2)
Let's assign coordinates to each component:
- The x-coordinate for the main sheet is half of its width since its left edge is at x = 0. So, x1 = 2.0 m / 2 = 1.0 m.
- The x-coordinate for the doorway cutout is half of its width, and it starts at x = 0. So, x2 = 2.0 m / 2 = 1.0 m.
Now we can substitute these values into the equation and solve for Xcm:
Xcm = (Main sheet mass * x1 + Doorway cutout mass * x2) / (Main sheet mass + Doorway cutout mass)
(b) Y-coordinate of the center of mass:
To find the y-coordinate, we need to consider the individual mass and y-coordinate for each component.
The y-coordinate of the center of mass can be calculated using the formula:
Ycm = (m1 * y1 + m2 * y2) / (m1 + m2)
Since the y-coordinate of both the main sheet and doorway cutout is the same (as they are vertically aligned), we can assign the same y-coordinate values to both.
Now, we can substitute the appropriate values into the equation and solve for Ycm.
Please note that without the value of the density of the sheet material (ρ), we cannot determine the exact values for the center of mass coordinates, but we can explain the steps involved in finding them.