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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - System of particles and rotational motion
  • JEE Mains 2024
  • Hard
  • Numerical

The identical spheres each of mass \(2 \mathrm{M}\) are placed at the corners of a right angled triangle with mutually perpendicular sides equal to \(4 \mathrm{~m}\) each. Taking point of intersection of these two sides as origin, the magnitude of position vector of the centre of mass of the system is \(\frac{4 \sqrt{2}}{x}\), where the value of \(x\) is _______.

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(B) \(3\)

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\(\text { Position vector } \overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}_{\text {COM }}=\frac{\mathrm{m}_1 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}_1+\mathrm{m}_2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}_2+\mathrm{m}_3 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}_3}{\mathrm{~m}_1+\mathrm{m}_2+\mathrm{m}_3}\)

\(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}_{\text {COM }}=\frac{2 \mathrm{M} \times 0+2 \mathrm{M} \times 4 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \mathrm{M} \times 4 \hat{\mathrm{j}}}{6 \mathrm{M}}\)

\(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=\frac{4}{3} \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\frac{4}{3} \hat{\mathrm{j}}\)

\(|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}|=\frac{4 \sqrt{2}}{3}\)

\(\mathrm{x}=3\)

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