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  1. September 15th 2012, 11:39 AM #1
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    the relation between centroid of an area and centroid of volume as a formula?

    Is there a known formula for finding the coordinates of one by knowing the coordinates of the other? I mean, for example you have a triangle-(area), then you rotate that area around an axis (volume)
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    Re: the relation between centroid of an area and centroid of volume as a formula?

    Pappus's Centroid Theorem -- from Wolfram MathWorld
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