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Particle A of mass 2.0kg is moving at 15m/s to the east. Particle B of mass 3.0kg is moving to the west at 10.0m/s.
Find the velocity of the center of the mass of the two particles. Show your solution
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Consider number line west-east and place the origin at the starting point.
In time t, particle A has the coordinate 15t meters, moving east.
In time t, particle B has the coordinate -10t meters, moving west.
The center of mass has the coordinate
=
= 0.
We see that the center of mass has the constant coordinate 0 (meters), so the center of coordinate is not moving: it is at rest.
ANSWER. The velocity of the center of masses is 0 (zero, ZERO).
Solved.