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प्रश्न
Find out the centre of mass for the given geometrical structures.
a) Equilateral triangle
b) Cylinder
c) Square
उत्तर
a)
b)
c)
(a) For an equilateral triangle, the center of mass lies at its centroid.
(b) For the cylinder, center of mass lies at its geometrical center.
(c) For square, the center of mass lies at the point where the diagonals meet.
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