Let v1,.,Vk be points in R3 and suppose that for j = 1,., k an object with mass mj is located at point vj. Physicists call such objects point masses. The total mass of the system of point masses is m = ml +. + mk The center of gravity (or center of mass) of the system is V = - (m,v + .+m, V ] Compute the center of gravity of the system consisting of the following point masses (see the figure): Point Mass V1 =(5,-4,3) 2g V2 =(4,3,-2) 5 g V3 =(-4,-3,-1)2 g V4 =(-9,8,6) 1g

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Let v1,.,Vk be points in R3 and suppose that for j = 1,., k an object with mass mj is located at point vj. Physicists call such
objects point masses. The total mass of the system of point masses is
m = ml +. + mk
The center of gravity (or center of mass) of the system is
V = - (m,v + .+m, V ]
Compute the center of gravity of the system consisting of the following point masses (see the figure):
Point
Mass
V1 =(5,-4,3) 2g
V2 =(4,3,-2) 5 g
V3 =(-4,-3,-1)2 g
V4 =(-9,8,6) 1g
Transcribed Image Text:Let v1,.,Vk be points in R3 and suppose that for j = 1,., k an object with mass mj is located at point vj. Physicists call such objects point masses. The total mass of the system of point masses is m = ml +. + mk The center of gravity (or center of mass) of the system is V = - (m,v + .+m, V ] Compute the center of gravity of the system consisting of the following point masses (see the figure): Point Mass V1 =(5,-4,3) 2g V2 =(4,3,-2) 5 g V3 =(-4,-3,-1)2 g V4 =(-9,8,6) 1g
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