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Center of Mass and Translational Motion

Forces on the COM

Forces on the COM

Left: The force appears to operate on the COM is "mgsinθ. Right: The force appears to operate on the COM is "mg".

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    "Sunil Kumar Singh, Center of Mass. February 5, 2013."
    http://cnx.org/content/m14119/latest/ OpenStax CNX CC BY 3.0.

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