Edexcel M3 2015 January — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM3 (Mechanics 3)
Year2015
SessionJanuary
TopicCentre of Mass 2

2. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{3706a02d-95c6-4e7a-bf38-88b338d77892-03_547_671_260_648} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1}
\end{figure} A uniform lamina is in the shape of the region \(R\) which is bounded by the curve with equation \(y = \frac { 3 } { x ^ { 2 } }\), the lines \(x = 1\) and \(x = 3\), and the \(x\)-axis, as shown in Figure 1. The centre of mass of the lamina has coordinates \(( \bar { x } , \bar { y } )\).
Use algebraic integration to find
  1. the value of \(\bar { x }\),
  2. the value of \(\bar { y }\).