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gflores
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I'm having a difficult time with this question, and I'm sure it's easy. The question is, find the center of mass of the three-mass system. Specify relative to the left-hand 1.00kg mass.
Mass1 = 1kg Distance = 0m?
Mass2 = 1.5kg Distance = .50m
Mass3 = 1.1kg Distance = .75m
I'm having trouble because when you use the equation
CoM = (m1x1 + m2x2 + m3x3)/(m1+m2+m3), the first m1x1 becomes 0 and I'm sure that's not right.
Mass1 = 1kg Distance = 0m?
Mass2 = 1.5kg Distance = .50m
Mass3 = 1.1kg Distance = .75m
I'm having trouble because when you use the equation
CoM = (m1x1 + m2x2 + m3x3)/(m1+m2+m3), the first m1x1 becomes 0 and I'm sure that's not right.