Daily Practice Problems
Sequence: P-10(Step 5) Topic: Centre of Mass
1. From a square sheet of uniform density, a portion
is removed shown as shaded region in the figure.
Find the centre of mass of the remaining portion if
the side of the square is a. Make direct use of the
fact that centroid is center of mass of uniform
triangular plate.
2. From a solid sphere of radius ‘R’ and mass
‘M’, a spherical portion of radius ‘r’ is
removed as shown in the figure. With respect
to the coordinate system shown, find out the
position of centre of mass of residual body.
3. For the figure there is an arc of a thin ring, that
subtends an angle at the centre. The mass of
the arc is m and its radius is R. Locate the centre of
mass of the arc.
4. For the figure shown, a thin disc (of sector
shape) which is part of a circular disc of radius
R. The disc has an angle . If the mass of the
shown disc is m, then locate its centre of mass.
5. Two masses A and B connected with an
inextensible string of length l lie on a smooth
horizontal plane. A is given a velocity of v m/s
along the ground perpendicular to line AB as
shown in figure. Find the tension in string during
their subsequent motion
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6. Two blocks of mass m1 and m 2 are connected by
a spring of force constant k. Block of mass m1 is
pulled by a constant force F1 and other block is
pulled by a constant force F2 . Find the maximum
elongation in the spring.
7. Find maximum height reached by small mass m in
fig.(a), if the bigger block can move, and all
surfaces are smooth.
8. (i) Show that the CM of a uniform thin rod of
length L and mass M is at its centre. (ii) Determine
the CM of the rod assuming its linear mass density
(its mass per unit length) varies linearly from
0 at the left end to double that value,
2 0 , at the right end.
9. A square hole is punched out of a circular lamina,
the diagonal of the square being the radius of the
circle. If ‘a’ be the diameter of the circle, find the
distance of C. G. of the remainder from the centre
of the circle.
10. A man of mass 80 kg is riding on a trolley of mass
40 kg which is rolling along a level surface at a
speed of 2 m/s. He jumps off the back of the
trolley so that his speed relative to the ground is 1
m/s in the direction opposite to the motion of the
trolley.
(i) What is the speed of the centre of mass of the
man-trolley system before and after his jumps?
(ii) What is the speed of the trolley after the man
jumps?
(iii) What is the speed of the centre of mass of the
system after the man hits the ground and comes to
rest?
(iv) What force is responsible for the change in
vCM ?
(v) How much energy did the man expend in
jumping?
11. An explosive of mass 6 kg is projected at 35 m/s at 16. In the figure, the ball A is released from rest, when
an angle of 60° with the horizontal. At the top of the spring is at its natural (unstretched) length. For
its flight it explodes, breaking into two parts, one the block B of mass M to leave contact with
of which has twice the mass of the other. The two ground at some stage, what must be the minimum
fragments land simultaneously. The lighter mass of A.
fragment lands back at the launch point. Where
does the other fragment land? What is the energy
of the explosion?

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12. A child’s toy is constructed as shown. The sphere

and the solid cone are of the same density . What
should the density of mass the solid hemisphere be,
so that the centre of the system lies at C?
5cm radius

30cm
C 10cm radius

13. The system is released from rest as shown. Find

the displacement of the trolley when the rod
becomes horizontal.
5 kg
2m
15 kg
60°

14. The system is released from rest as shown. Find

the displacement of the trolley when the 1 kg block
has risen by 1 m.

5 kg
4 kg 1 kg
37°

15. Prove that the fractional loss in kinetic energy of

an incident neutron in a head-on elastic collision
with an atomic nucleus, initially at rest, is
4A
where A is the ratio of mass of atom to
( A 1)2
mass of neutron.
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