center of mass of a 2D square

Question

Using Mathematica, find the center of mass of a 2D square not centered at the origin.
center: (x0, y0)
area1 = 4*Integrate[1, {x, x0, a/2}, {y, y0, b/2 }]
cm = mass/area1

cvgmt · Answer

RegionCentroid[Rectangle[{x0 - a/2, y0 - a/2}, {x0 + a/2, y0 + a/2}]]

Daniel Huber · Answer

The center of mass is the mass weighted mean of the position vector. Call the mass density: rho, then we have:
totmass= Integrate[rho , {x, x0 - a/2, x0 + a/2}, {y, y0 - b/2, y0 + b/2}];
cof= Integrate[rho {x,y}, {x, x0 - a/2, x0 + a/2}, {y, y0 - b/2, y0 + b/2}] /totmass  //Simplify

(*{x0,y0}*)

center of mass of a 2D square

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