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COMEDK · Physics · 7. Center of Mass Momentum and Collision

The separation between C and O atoms in CO is 0.12 nm . The distance of C atom from the centre of mass is

  1. A 0.05 nm
  2. B 0.1 nm
  3. C 0.07 nm
  4. D 0.03 nm
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(C) 0.07 nm

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Let \(m_{C}\) be the mass of the carbon atom and \(m_{O}\) be the mass of the oxygen atom. The atomic mass of carbon is \(12 \text{ u}\) and the atomic mass of oxygen is \(16 \text{ u}\). Let the position of the carbon atom be \(x_{C} = 0\) and the position of the oxygen atom be…