Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 9 - Further Applications of the Integral and Taylor Polynomials - 9.3 Center of Mass - Exercises - Page 483: 4

Answer

a) $m_{2}$ = $2$ b) $m_{3}$ = $10$

Work Step by Step

$M_{x}$ = $m_{1}(0)+m_{2}(0)+m_{3}(4)$ = $4m_{3}$ $M_{y}$ = $m_{1}(-1)+m_{2}(3)+m_{3}(0)$ = $3m_{2}-m_{1}$ the total mass of the system is $m_{1}+m_{2}+m_{3}$ so the coordinates of the center of mass are $(\frac{M_{y}}{M},\frac{M_{x}}{M})$ = $(\frac{3m_{2}-m_{1}}{m_{1}+m_{2}+m_{3}}, \frac{4m_{3}}{m_{1}+m_{2}+m_{3}})$ a) $3m_{2}-m_{1}$ = $0$ $3m_{2}-6$ = $0$ $m_{2}$ = $2$ b) $\frac{4m_{3}}{m_{1}+m_{2}+m_{3}}$ = $2$ $\frac{4m_{3}}{6+4+m_{3}}$ = $2$ $4m_{3}$ = $20+2m_{3}$ $m_{3}$ = $10$
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