For a system of three particles moving along a line, an observer in a laboratory measures the following masses and velocities. What is the velocity of the CM of the system? Enter a positive value if the velocity of the CM of the system is in the +x direction and enter a negative value if the velocity of the CM of the system is in the -x direction. Mass (kg) Vx (m/s) 4.00 230 5.0 -120 2.0 +52 Im/s

For a system of three particles moving along a line, an observer in a laboratory measures the following masses and velocities. What is the velocity of the CM of the system? Enter a positive value if the velocity of the CM of the system is in the +x direction and enter a negative value if the velocity of the CM of the system is in the -x direction. Mass (kg) Vx (m/s) 4.00 230 5.0 -120 2.0 +52 Im/s

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For a system of three particles moving along a line, an observer in a laboratory measures the following masses and velocities.
What is the velocity of the CM of the system? Enter a positive value if the velocity of the CM of the system is in the +x direction
and enter a negative value if the velocity of the CM of the system is in the -x direction.
Mass (kg)
Vx (m/s)
4.00
230
5.0
-120
2.0
+52
m/s

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