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Three masses of 5 kg, 10 kg, and 15 kg are placed at positions x = 0 m, x = 2 m, and x = 4 m respectively along a straight line. Find the position of the center of mass of the system.
2.67 m
1.5 m
3.2 m
4 m
A system consists of three particles of masses 1 kg, 2 kg, and 3 kg located at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 'a'. The distance of the center of mass from the 1 kg mass is:
(√19 * a) / 6
(√13 * a) / 6
(√7 * a) / 4
(√21 * a) / 12
Two homogeneous spheres A and B of masses m and 2m having radii 2a and a respectively are placed in touch. The distance of centre of mass from first sphere is
a
2a
3a
None of these
Two spheres of masses and are connected by a rigid, massless rod of length . Determine the position of the centre of mass of this system with respect to the sphere.
2 m
4 m
6 m
8 m
A thin uniform disc of mass and radius has a small hole of radius drilled at a distance from its center. The moment of inertia of the remaining portion about an axis passing through the center of the original disc and perpendicular to its plane is:
The center of mass of a system of particles depends on:
Only the masses of the particles
Only the positions of the particles
Masses and positions of the particles
Neither masses nor positions of the particles
In the HCl molecule, the separation between the nuclei of the two atoms is about . The approximate location of the centre of mass of the molecule, assuming the chlorine atom to be about 35.5 times massive as hydrogen is
The distance b/w the carbon atom and the oxygen atom in a carbon monoxide molecule is . Given mass of carbon atom is 12.a.m.u., and mass of oxygen atom is 16.a.m.u., calculate the position of the centre of mass of the carbon monoxide molecule
from the carbon atom
from the oxygen atom
from the carbon atom
from the oxygen atom
Four particles of masses m,2m,3m and 4m are arranged at the corners of a parallelogram with each inside equal to a and one of the angle between two adjacent sides is . The parallelogram lies in the x-y plane with mass m at the origin and 4m on the x-axis. The centre of mass of the arrangement will be located at
(19a/20, √3a/4)
(17a/20, √3a/4)
(19a/20, √2a/4)
(17a/20, √2a/4)