Centre of Mass 1 Question 8

8. 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 $m$. The mass of the ink used to draw the outer circle is $6 m$.

The coordinates of the centres of the different parts are : outer circle $(0,0)$, left inner circle $(-a, a)$, right inner circle $(a, a)$, vertical line $(0,0)$ and horizontal line $(0,-a)$. The $y$-coordinate of the centre of mass of the ink in this drawing is

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(a) $\frac{a}{10}$

(b) $\frac{a}{8}$

(c) $\frac{a}{12}$

(d) $\frac{a}{3}$

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Answer:

Correct Answer: 8. (a)

Solution:

  1. $y _{CM}=\frac{m _1 y _1+m _2 y _2+m _3 y _3+m _4 y _4+m _5 y _5}{m _1+m _2+m _3+m _4+m _5}$

$$ =\frac{(6 m)(0)+(m)(a)+m(a)+m(0)+m(-a)}{6 m+m+m+m+m}=\frac{a}{10} $$



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