Edexcel M2 2018 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM2 (Mechanics 2)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicCentre of Mass 1

3. [The centre of mass of a semicircular lamina of radius \(r\) is \(\frac { 4 r } { 3 \pi }\) from the centre.] \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Figure 2 shows the uniform lamina \(A B C D E\), such that \(A B D E\) is a square with sides of length \(2 a\) and \(B C D\) is a semicircle with diameter \(B D\).
  1. Show that the distance of the centre of mass of the lamina from \(B D\) is \(\frac { 20 a } { 3 ( 8 + \pi ) }\). The lamina is freely suspended from \(D\) and hangs in equilibrium.
  2. Find, to the nearest degree, the angle that \(D E\) makes with the downward vertical.