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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2002 Paper 2 3 a Solution by
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The mass density becomes . Integrate it over the sphere using the spherical polar coordinates and volume element above:The angular integral is , since . ThereforeThe term proportional to contributes zero by reflection across the equatorial plane. Thus the answer is also the volume times the average mass density . The undefined direction at the origin affects a single point and has no effect on this volume integral.
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