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Center of Mass and Translational Motion
Forces on the COM
Left: The force appears to operate on the COM is "mgsinθ. Right: The force appears to operate on the COM is "mg".
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"Sunil Kumar Singh, Center of Mass. February 5, 2013."
http://cnx.org/content/m14119/latest/
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