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Seven homogeneous bricks, each of length L, are arranged as shown in figure. Each brick is displaced with respect to the one in contact by L10. Find the x-coordinate of the centre of mass relative to the origin shown.

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A uniform disc of radius R is put over another uniform disc of radius 2R of the same thickness and density. The peripheries of the two discs touch each other. Locate the centre of mass of the system.
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A disc of radius R is cut out from a larger disc of radius 2R in such a way that the edge of the hole touches the edge of the disc. Locate the centre of mass of the residual disc.
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A square plate of edge d and a circular disc of diameter d are placed touching each other at the midpoint of an edge of the plate, as shown in the figure. Locate the centre of mass of the combination, assuming same mass per unit area for the two plates.

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Calculate the velocity of the centre of mass of the system of particles shown in the figure.

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Two blocks of masses 10 kg and 20 kg are placed on the x-axis. The first mass is moved on the axis by a distance of cm. By what distance should the second mass be moved to keep the position of the centre of mass unchanged?
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Two blocks of masses 10 kg and 30 kg are placed along a vertical line. The first block is raised through a height of 7 cm. By what distance should the second mass be moved to raise the centre of mass by 1 cm.

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Consider a gravity-free hall in which a tray of mass M, carrying a cubical block of ice of mass m and edge L, is at rest in the middle, as shown in the figure. If the ice melts, by what distance does the centre of mass of "the tray plus the ice" system descend?

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Find the centre of mass of a uniform plate having semicircular inner and outer boundaries of radii R1 and R2, as shown in figure.

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