Three beads are placed on the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side d = 3.4cm. the first bead of mass m1=140gis placed on the top vertex. the second bead of mass m2=45g is placed on the left vertex. the third bead of mass m3=85g is placed on the right vertex.

(a) write a symbolic equation for the horizontal component of the center of mass relative to the left vertex of the triangle.

(b) find the horizontal component of the center of mass relative to the left vertex, in centimeters.

(c) write a symbolic equation for the vertical component of the center of mass relative to the base of the triangle.

(d) find the vertical component of the center of mass relative to the base of the triangle, in centimeters.

The center of mass is the point where the sum of the relative weighted

position of distributed masses m₁, m₂, and m₃ is zero.

The responses are as follows;

Reasons:

The given masses and their location are;

Location of the masses = Thee vertices of the equilateral triangle

Side length of the equilateral triangle, d = 3.4 cm

m₁ = 140 g, location = Top vertex of the equilateral triangle

m₂ = 45 g, location = Left vertex of equilateral triangle

m₃ = 85 g, location = Right vertex of the equilateral triangle

Assumption;

The location of the left vertex of equilateral triangle = The origin (0, 0)

Therefore;

The location of the right vertex of equilateral triangle = (3.4, 0)

Location of the top vertex of the equilateral triangle = (3.4×cos(60°), 3.4×sin(60°))

Which gives;

Location of the top vertex of the equilateral triangle = (1.7, 1.7×√3)

(a) The symbolic equation for the horizontal component of the center of

mass relative to the left vertex is given as follows;

Where;

x₁ = x-coordinate of the top vertex =

x₂ = x-coordinate of the left vertex = 0

x₃ = x-coordinate of the right vertex = d

Therefore, we have;

The symbolic equation for the horizontal component of the center of mass relative to the left vertex, in centimeters is

(b) The horizontal component of the center of mass relative to the left

vertex is therefore;

(c) The symbolic equation for the vertical component of the center of mass

relative to the left vertex is given as follows;

Where;

y₁ = d × sin(60°) =

y₂ = 0

y₃ = 0

Therefore;

The symbolic equation for the vertical component of the center of mass

relative to the left vertex is therefore;

(d) The vertical component of the center of mass relative to the left vertex

is found by plugging in the values of the variables as follows;

≈ 1.53

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Xcm = 1.95 cm  and Ycm = 1.76 cm

Explanation:

The very useful concept of mass center is

     R cm = 1/M  ∑  

Where ri, mi are the mass positions of the bodies from some reference point by selecting and M is the total mass of the body.

Let's look for the total mass

     M = m₁ + m₂ + m₃

     M = 140 + 45 + 85

     M = 270 g

Let's look for the position of each point

Point 1. top vertex, if the triangle has as side d

      R₁ = d / 2 i ^ + d j ^

      R₁ = (1.7 cm i ^ + 3.4 j ^) cm

Point 2. left vertex. What is the origin of the system?

      R₂ = 0

Point 3. Right vertex

      R₃ = d i ^

      R₃ = 3.4 i ^ cm

a) The x component of the massage center

      Xcm = 1 / M (m₁ x₁ + m₂ x₂ + m₃ x₃)

      Xcm = 1 / M (m₁ d / 2 + 0 + m₃ d)

      Xcm = d / M (m₁ / 2 + m₃)

b)   Let's write the mass center component x

      Xcm = 1/270 (1.7 140 + 0 + 3.4 85)

      Xcm = 238/270

      Xcm = 1.95 cm

c) let's find the component and center of mass

     Ycm = 1 / M (m₁ y₁ + m₂ y₂ + m₃ y₃)

    Ycm = 1 / M (m₁ d + 0 + 0)

    Ycm = m₁ / M d

d) let's calculate

    Y cm = 1/270 (140 3.4 + 0 + 0)

    Ycm = 1.76 cm

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