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Centre of mass
- Advanced 2010PhysicsInteger
A binary star consists of two stars A (mass ) and B (mass ), where is the mass of the sun. They are separated by distance d and are rotating about their centre of mass, which is stationary. The ratio of the total angular momentum of the binary star to the angular momentum of star B about the centre of mass is
- Advanced 2009PhysicsSingle correct
Look at the drawing given in the figure which has been drawn with ink of uniform line-thickness. The mass of ink used to draw each of the two inner circles, and each of the two line segments is . The mass of the ink used to draw the outer circle is . The coordinates of the centres of the different parts are: outer circle , left inner circle , right inner circle , vertical line and horizontal line . The -coordinate of the centre of mass of the ink in this drawing is
- Advanced 2007PhysicsAssertion and reason
STATEMENT-1: If there is no external torque on a body about its center of mass, then the velocity of the center of mass remains constant.
because
STATEMENT-2: The linear momentum of an isolated system remains constant.