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CAPE Building and Mechanical Engineering Drawing Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2 · Question 1(a)

Figure 1 illustrates a semicircular lamina with a radius of 30 mm.

Find the position of the centroid of the lamina.

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  1. 1(b)Calculate the second moment of area of the lamina about an axis passing through the centroid and parallel to its base.[7 marks]

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