We apply the formulae,
To find the distances
of the centre of gravity about certain axes. Suppose we want to find the distance of the centre of gravity of a uniform circular cone from it's base.
By symmetry,
and
will be on a vertical line through the centre of the cone. We must apply the third equation above to find
The mass of the cone is
The mass contained in the cross section shown above, remembering that the cone is circular, is
. The slope of the cone is
and by taking the origin at the centre of the base we can find the equation of the side of the cone. The coordinates of the top of the cone are
The moment of the slice of cone shown above is
, but from our equation
between
and
so
which simplifies to
Now integrate.
