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Re: [Phys-l] real-world problem

And a VERY strange way for the fuel to arrange itself in the tank!!!!


At 3:54 PM -0600 2/1/11, Herbert Schulz wrote:
On Feb 1, 2011, at 3:23 PM, Bob Sciamanda wrote:

?WRONG!
The center of mass point is NOT the same as the point which divides the mass
in two.



Howdy,

Simple example: 2M------------M (point masses) and the CM is 1/3 of the way between them measured from 2M. Clearly not the same amount of mass on the two sides.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)



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