A baseball bat has a thick, heavy barrel and a thin, light handle. If you want to hold a baseball bat on your palm so that it balances vertically, you shouldA. Put the end of the handle in your palm, with the barrel up.B. Put the end of the barrel in your palm, with the handle up.C. The bat will be equally easy to balance in either configuration.

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Center of Gravity of a system

The centre of gravity is a property that is based on the geometry of a rigid body or any particle. It is described as an equilibrium point or a hypothetical location where the total weight of the body is concentrated.