Question

Why the position of the center of mass of a system of 2 particles of mass m1 and m2

situated at x1 and x2​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Taking the the mass m

1

at origin we may write its position as x

1

=0

and position of m

2

at x=0+L=L

now position of center of mass will be X

cm

=

m

1

+m

2

m

1

x

1

+m

2

x

2

=

m

1

+m

2

0+m

2

L

or X

cm

=

m 1

+m

2

m

2

L

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