CM Consider a system comprising two extended bodies, which have masses M1 and M2 and centers of mass at R1 and R2. Prove that the CM of the whole system is at R-MIRI+M2R2 M1M2 (This beautiful result means that in finding the CM of a complicated system, you can treat its components parts just like point masses positioned at their separated centers of mass, even when the component parts are themselves extended bodies.)

CM Consider a system comprising two extended bodies, which have masses M1 and M2 and centers of mass at R1 and R2. Prove that the CM of the whole system is at R-MIRI+M2R2 M1M2 (This beautiful result means that in finding the CM of a complicated system, you can treat its components parts just like point masses positioned at their separated centers of mass, even when the component parts are themselves extended bodies.)

College Physics

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ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

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