Physics Asked on June 26, 2021
Let’s say I have some mass density function $rho(r)$ in a sphere of radius $R$. Question is how can a mean density of object be inferred from such density function ? Is it an integral
$$ int_0^R rho(r)dr $$
or something completely different ?
If you want a mean, you have to normalise by the volume of the region: $$bar{rho}=frac{int^R_0rho(r)r^2;text{d}{r}}{int^R_0r^2;text{d}{r}}.$$ Note you need the volume element in each integral, which is $4pi r^2;text{d}r$ for spherical symmetry.
Note the units too - the numerator has units $rm[density]times[volume]$ and the denominator has units $rm[volume]$, so overall we have units of $rm[density]$, which is good.
Correct answer by Garf on June 26, 2021
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