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प्रश्न
Consider a gravity-free hall in which a tray of mass M, carrying a cubical block of ice of mass m and edge L, is at rest in the middle. If the ice melts, by what distance does the centre of mass of "the tray plus the ice" system descend?
उत्तर
As there is no gravity or other external forces acting on the system, the melting ice tends to acquire a spherical shape. Therefore, the centre of mass of the system does not move.
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