The moment of a system is a measure of the tendency of a distribution to rotate about a point or axis. It is calculated by integrating the product of the distance from the point and the density function over the region.
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The moment about the y-axis (also called \(M_y\)) for a region with density function \(f(x, y)\) is calculated as \(\int\int_R x \ f(x, y) \, dA\).
The moment about the x-axis (also called \(M_x\)) for a region with density function \(f(x, y)\) is calculated as \(\int\int_R y \ f(x, y) \, dA\).
For symmetric regions with uniform density, moments can be simplified due to symmetry properties.
The total mass (\(m\)) of a region with density function \(f(x, y)\) is given by \(\int\int_R f(x, y) \, dA\), which is crucial for calculating centers of mass.
Moments are used to find centers of mass by dividing moments about axes by the total mass.