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Grade 11Mechanics

Three identical sphere of radius R are placed on horizontal surface touching one another. If one of the sphere remove then find the shift in centre of mass.

Profile image of Shubham chandurkar
8 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of krishan kumar yadav
8 Years ago
Initial centre of mass of  2 spheres will be at the centre of the line joining the centre of the spheres .
 
Let this point be  at x = 0  ,  Now after removal of one sphere centre of mass of  other sphere will be at its centre i.e. at  x = R .
 
So shift in centre of mass is R.