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3-1P AID:393133 | 23/02/2021

Diagram

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Step 1 of 3

Find out the area of all the section

bh
A1 
Area of the section 1 = 2
ah
A2 
Area of the section 2 = 2

Step 2 of 3

Find out the centroid of all the section from the x-axis

h
y1 
3
2h
y2 
3

Step 3 of 3

Find out the centroid of the given diagram

bh h ah 2h
( ) ( )
A1 y1  A2 y2
yˆ   2 3 2 3
A1  A2 bh ah

2 2
h (b  2a )
2

6 h  2a  b 
yˆ    
h( a  b) 3 ab 
2

Conclusion

The distance of the centroid is

h  2a  b 
yˆ   
3 ab 