The distance between front and rear of scales of a four wheeled vehicle is 4m. The load on the front axle is 6540 and the load on the rear axle is 7780. Find how far behindthe front axle of the vehicle lies its centre of gravity .
Gracious Mambwe , 6 Years ago
Grade 12th pass
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Vikas TU
Last Activity: 6 Years ago
The centre of gravit is xCOM.
xCOM = (m1x1 + m2x2)/(m1 + m2)
Taking front axle as origin.
The front wheels lies at (0,0) and the rear wheel would lie then at (4,0)
Hence, xCOM = (6540*0 + 7780*4)/(6540+7780) = 2.173 m
Hence the com lies at 2.173 m from front axle.
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