JEE Main & Advanced Physics Rotational Motion Question Bank Self Evaluation Test - System of Particles Rotational Motion

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    Particles of masses m, 2m, 3m,.............nm grams are placed on the same line at distances \[l,\,2l,\,3l,\,.......nl\]cm from a fixed point. The distance of centre of mass of the particles from the fixed point in centimeters is

    A) \[\frac{(2n+1)l}{3}\]

    B) \[\frac{1}{n+1}\]

    C) \[\frac{n({{n}^{2}}+1)l}{2}\]

    D) \[\frac{2l}{n({{n}^{2}}+1)}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    [a] \[{{x}_{cm}}=\frac{m\times \ell +2m\times 2\ell +3m\times 3\ell +...+nm\times n\ell }{m+2m+3m+..+nm}\] \[=\frac{(1+4+9+..+{{n}^{2}})\ell }{1+2+..+n}\]                                  \[=\frac{\ell n(n+1)(2n+1)/6}{n(n+1)/2}=\frac{(2n+1)\ell }{3}\]


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