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Consider a system of two identical particles having mass m. If one of the particles of mass m is pushed towards the center of mass of the particles through a distance x, by what amount the other particle should move so as to keep the center of mass of particles at the original position?

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`mxxm(d-x) =0`
`md+mx=0`
`m= (d)/(x)=d`.
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