• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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    1 month ago

    Obviously the left one.

    In physics, the center of mass of a distribution of mass in space is the unique point at any given time where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero. For a rigid body containing its center of mass, this is the point to which a force may be applied to cause a linear acceleration without an angular acceleration.

    If they wanted this to be an actual, debatable question, they shouldn’t have used ‘center of mass’, as the term has a specific definition and the question has a correct answer; it’s not open to interpretation, like “How would a horse wear pants?” or similar questions.

  • kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 month ago

    Actually, every donut has a corresponding donut hole somewhere in the world, which holds the center of mass. This property of disconnection between a donut and its CoM has many interesting applications.

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 month ago

      sets down donut on table
      donut instantly tilts to the side and clips into the table, proceeds to violently vibrate for a second before flying off into space