College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 8 - Problems - Page 312: 24

Answer

The center of gravity is at the point $0.988~m$ from the left side of the door and at a height of $1.50~m$ from the bottom of the door.

Work Step by Step

In general the center of gravity is: $x_{cog} = \frac{\sum (w_i~x_i)}{\sum w_i}$, where $w_i$ is the weight of each object, and $x_i$ is the position of each object. Let the bottom left corner of the door be the origin. We can find the x-coordinate of the center of gravity: $x_{cog} = \frac{(5.0~N)(0.25~m)+(300.0~N)(1.00~m)}{5.0~N+300.0~N}$ $x_{cog} = 0.988~m$ By symmetry, the y-coordinate of the center of gravity is $y_{cog} = 1.50~m$ The center of gravity is at the point $0.988~m$ from the left side of the door and at a height of $1.50~m$ from the bottom of the door.
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