It is useful for real life applications or use of center of gravity in our day today life

5. The Point Through Which The Entire Area Of A Plane
Figure Is Assumed To Act For All Positions Of The
Lamina Is Called As Centroid .
The Plane Geometrical Figures Which Have Only
Area But No Volume Have Centroid.

6. Formulae list :

7. The Point Through Which The Whole Weight Of
The Body Is Assumed To Act Irrespective Of The
Position Of The Body Is Called As Center Of
Gravity.
The Bodies Which Have Volume But No
Area Have Center Of Gravity.

8. Formulae list :
Sn. Name Shape Position of Center of gravity Volume

13. While boating if the point of
centroid doesn’t maintained then
the chances of drowning the boat
are more.
Refer the figure shown below.
To design the structure for supporting
a water tank, we will need to know the
weights of the tank & water as well as
the locations where the resultant
forces representing these distributed
loads are acting.