Explanation Given info: A 5.00 kg object has centre of gravity at ( 0 , 0 ) m , a 3.00 kg object has center of gravity at ( 0 , 4.00 ) m , a 4.00 kg object has center of gravity at ( 3.00 , 0 ) m , the mass of fourth object is 8.00 kg and the centre of gravity for the complete four-object arrangement is ( 0 , 0 ) . Formula to calculate center of gravity is, ( x cm , y cm ) = ( m 1 x 1 + m 2 x 2 + m 3 x 3 + m 4 x 4 m 1 + m 2 + m 3 + m 4 , m 1 y 1 + m 2 y 2 + m 3 y 3 + m 4 y 4 m 1 + m 2 + m 3 + m 4 ) Here, m 1 is the mass of first object. m 2 is the mass of second object. m 3 is the mass of second object. m 4 is the mass of the four object. x 1 is the positions of centre of gravity of the m 1 . x 2 is the positions of centre of gravity of the m 2 . x 3 is the positions of centre of gravity of the m 3 . x 4 is the positions of centre of gravity of the m 4 . y 1 is the position of the centre of gravity of the m 1 . y 2 is the position of the centre of gravity of the m 2 . y 3 is the position of the centre of gravity of the m 3 . y 4 is the position of the centre of gravity of the m 4 . Substitute 5.00 kg for m 1 , 3.00 kg for m 2 , 4.00 kg for m 3 , 8.00 kg for m 4 , 0 m for x 1 , 0 m for x 2 , 3.00 m for x 3 , 0 m for y 1 , 4.00 m for y 2 , 0 m for y 3 and 0 m for x cm and 0 m for y cm in the above equation. ( 0 , 0 ) = ( ( 5

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