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A uniform square plate of side 2a has a square of side a cut away from one corner, as shown in the figure. How far is the centre of mass of the remaining plate from the centre of the original square?
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High School (11–12)
Mechanics › Momentum and Collisions
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A uniform square plate of side
2
a
2a
2
a
has a square of side
a
a
a
cut away from one corner, as shown in the figure. How far is the centre of mass of the remaining plate from the centre of the original square?
Fig. 1: A square plate of side 2a with a square of side a cut away from its top right corner. O, the centre of the original square, is at the inner corner of the cut.
2
a
6
\dfrac{\sqrt{2}\,a}{6}
6
2
a
, away from the cut corner
a
6
\dfrac{a}{6}
6
a
, away from the cut corner
2
a
6
\dfrac{\sqrt{2}\,a}{6}
6
2
a
, towards the cut corner
2
a
3
\dfrac{\sqrt{2}\,a}{3}
3
2
a
, away from the cut corner
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