The distance of the centre of mass of a hemispherical shell of radius from its centre is
Important Questions on Laws of Motion
Figure shows a rectangular copper plate with its centre of mass at the origin and side If a quarter part of the plate (shown as shaded) is removed, the centre of mass of the remaining plate would lie at
(i) Centre of mass of a body always coincides with the centre of gravity of the body.
(ii) Centre of mass of a body is the point at which the total gravitational torque on the body is zero
(iii) A couple on a body produce both translational and rotational motion in a body.
(iv) Mechanical advantage greater than one means that small effort can be used to lift a large load.
Three particles of masses , and are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side (as shown in the figure). The coordinates of the centre of mass will be:
In the figure shown is a uniform wire. If the center of mass of the wire lies vertically below point , then is close to
A uniform rectangular thin sheet of mass has length and breadth , as shown in the figure. If the shaded portion is cut-off, the coordinates of the centre of mass of the remaining portion will be:
As shown in figure, when a spherical cavity (centred at ) of radius is cut out of a uniform sphere of radius (centred at ), the centre of mass of remaining (shaded part of sphere is at i.e., on the surface of the cavity. can be determined by the equation: