Center of Mass: Three balls are moving along a straight line having the instantaneous positions shown in the figure. At that instant, find the location and velocity of the center of mass (or center of gravity) of this system.

What will be an ideal response?


7.00 m to the right of the 2.00 kg ball, 1.11 m/s to the right

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