Use the result of Exercise 25 to compute the moments of the semicircle x 2 + y
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Use the result of Exercise 25 to compute the moments of the semicircle as line integrals. Verify that the centroid is .
Data From Exercise 25
The Centroid via Boundary Measurements The centroid (see Section 15.5) of a domain \(\mathcal{D}\) enclosed by a simple closed curve \(C\) is the point with coordinates \((\bar{x}, \bar{y})=\left(M_{y} / M, M_{x} / Might)\), where \(M\) is the area of \(\mathcal{D}\) and the moments are defined by
\[
M_{x}=\iint_{\mathcal{D}} y d A, \quad M_{y}=\iint_{\mathcal{D}} x d A
\]
Show that \(M_{x}=\oint_{C} x y d y\). Find a similar expression for \(M_{y}\).
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