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Chloeellawright

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Two stars of masses M and 6M are separated by a distance D. Determine the distance (measured from M) to a point at which the net gravitational force on a third mass would be zero.
 a. 0.41 D
  b. 0.33 D
  c. 0.37 D
  d. 0.29 D
  e. 0.14 D

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A uniform solid sphere rolls without slipping along a horizontal surface. What fraction of its total kinetic energy is in the form of rotational kinetic energy about the CM?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 28, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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