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A lamina (with uniform thickness 0.01m) has the shape in the xy plane bounded by the curves y-4-x^2, y=0, If the density given is constant, find the centroid.

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Since the entire figure lies in xy plane, it clear that the z-coordinate of the centroid is zero. ...

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