We consider an elemental triangular sector (Figure I.6) between θ and θ+δθ . The "height" of the triangle is r and the "base" is rδθ. The horizonta...We consider an elemental triangular sector (Figure I.6) between θ and θ+δθ . The "height" of the triangle is r and the "base" is rδθ. The horizontal distance of the centroid of the elemental sector from the origin (more correctly, from the "pole" of the polar coordinate system) is 23rcosθ . The first moment of area of the sector with respect to the y axis is