Engineering
Physics
Center of Mass
Question

For years together, people thought that hell is located inside earth. Assume that hell is a spherical bubble created inside earth. It is completely evacuated to make sinful people feel suffocated. It has a radius R/4 and is located as shown. (C is earth's centre). What is the distance of centre of mass of the resulting body from C (in km). Assume that earth's radius is 6300 km.

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Solution

M0=r×43πR3

Mc=ρ×43πR43=M064

xc=M0×0Mc×R4M0Mc=M0256RM0M064=25km

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