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Grade 11General Physics

a system consisting of two masses connected by a massless rod lies along the x – axis if 0.2 kg mass is at a distance x = 0.5 m while a 0.3 kg mass is at a distance x = 1 m then, the x -coordinates of the centre of mass will be at:

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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8 Years ago
M1 = 0.2 , m2 = 0.3 
x1 = 0.5 , x2 = 1
X = (m1x1 + m2x2)/(m1+m2)
  = (0.1 + 0.3)/(0.2+0.3)
X = 0.4/0.5 m.
X = 0.8 m