24.1 CENTRE OF MASS

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À  p

This property is simply the point at which the mass on one side of the point is equal to the mass on the other side of the point.

This property can be found with a summation of mass, weighted by distance.

A simple example can illustrate the calculation of this property. A 2D example is given, but extension to 3D is trivial.

Consider the example of the T-shape from before,