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For an object with symmetry around an axis, the center of gravity is at its center. For more complicated shapes, integration has to be used: basically, you imagine the object divided into small pieces, and take a kind of average. For many standard shapes, assuming uniform distribution of mass, this calculation has already been done and can be looked up (perhaps you may have to search for "center of mass" instead of "center of gravity"). For more irregular objects, if you know some rule (function) that describes its shape, you can do the integration yourself, if you know some calculus.

For an object with symmetry around an axis, the center of gravity is at its center. For more complicated shapes, integration has to be used: basically, you imagine the object divided into small pieces, and take a kind of average. For many standard shapes, assuming uniform distribution of mass, this calculation has already been done and can be looked up (perhaps you may have to search for "center of mass" instead of "center of gravity"). For more irregular objects, if you know some rule (function) that describes its shape, you can do the integration yourself, if you know some calculus.

For an object with symmetry around an axis, the center of gravity is at its center. For more complicated shapes, integration has to be used: basically, you imagine the object divided into small pieces, and take a kind of average. For many standard shapes, assuming uniform distribution of mass, this calculation has already been done and can be looked up (perhaps you may have to search for "center of mass" instead of "center of gravity"). For more irregular objects, if you know some rule (function) that describes its shape, you can do the integration yourself, if you know some calculus.

For an object with symmetry around an axis, the center of gravity is at its center. For more complicated shapes, integration has to be used: basically, you imagine the object divided into small pieces, and take a kind of average. For many standard shapes, assuming uniform distribution of mass, this calculation has already been done and can be looked up (perhaps you may have to search for "center of mass" instead of "center of gravity"). For more irregular objects, if you know some rule (function) that describes its shape, you can do the integration yourself, if you know some calculus.

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