Expression of center of mass of a two-particle system in easy way

Expression of center of mass of a two-particle system in easy way

The centre of mass is an imaginary point where one can assume the entire mass of the given system or object to be positioned.
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Consider a system consisting of two point masses m1 and m2, whose position vectors at a time t with reference to the origin O of the inertial frame are
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This can be written mathematically as
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Similarly, for the point mass m2 ,
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According to the Newton’s second law of motion, the equation of motion of point mass m1 is
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Similarly, for the second particle
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Adding equations (3) and (4), we get
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which implies,
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From (1) and (2),
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According to Newton’s third law,
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From equation (5),
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Where m = m1 + m2, that is the mass of a hypothetical object. Its position at any time is given by position vector such that,
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This is nothing but the position vector
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and is called the centre of the mass of the two-particle system.
It is the point where the total external force
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For a two-particle system, the centre of mass lies between the two particles and on the line joining them.
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i.e., the mid-point of the line joining the masses.