The centre of mass of a thin rectangular plate (fig) with sides of length a and b, whose mass per unit area ( $σ$ ) varies as $σ = \frac{σ_{0} x}{a b}$ (where $σ_{0}$ is a constant), would be ______. [2025]

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$σ$ is constant in y-direction, so, $σ = \frac{σ_{0} x}{a b}$

$x_{cm} = \frac{\int_{0}^{a} x d m}{\int_{0}^{a} d m} = \frac{\int_{0}^{a} x σ_{x} d A}{\int_{0}^{a} σ_{x} d A} = \frac{\int_{0}^{a} x \frac{σ_{0} x}{a b} b d x}{\int_{0}^{a} \frac{σ_{0} x}{a b} b d x}$

$x_{cm} = \frac{\int_{0}^{a} x^{2} d x}{\int_{0}^{a} x d x} = \frac{{(\frac{x^{3}}{3})}_{0}^{a}}{{(\frac{x^{2}}{2})}_{0}^{a}} = \frac{a^{3} / 3}{a^{2} / 2} = \frac{2 a}{3}$

i.e., ${\vec{r}}_{com} \equiv (\frac{2 a}{3}, \frac{b}{2})$

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The centre of mass of a thin rectangular plate (fig) with sides of length a and b, whose mass per unit area ( $σ$ ) varies as $σ = \frac{σ_{0} x}{a b}$ (where $σ_{0}$ is a constant), would be ______. [2025]

1 $(\frac{2}{3} a, \frac{b}{2})$

2 $(\frac{2}{3} a, \frac{2}{3} b)$

3 $(\frac{a}{2}, \frac{b}{2})$

4 $(\frac{1}{3} a, \frac{b}{2})$

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Q. The centre of mass of a thin rectangular plate (fig) with sides of length a and b, whose mass per unit area (σ) varies as σ=σ0xab (where σ0 is a constant), would be ______. [2025]

1 (23a,b2)

2 (23a,23b)

3 (a2,b2)

4 (13a,b2)