Engineering
Physics
Straight Line Motion
Question

In a system two particles of masses m1 = 3 kg and m2 = 2 kg are placed at certain distance from each other. The particle of mass m1 is moved towards the center of mass of the system through a distance 2 cm. In order to keep the center of mass of the system at the original position the particle of mass m2 should move towards the center of mas by the distance ________ cm.

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m1x1 = m2x2
3× 2 = 2 × x2
x2 = 3

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