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Define centre of mass of a body. Give the location of centre of mass of a sphere.

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The point at which the entire mass of the particles appears to be concentrated is called the centre of mass. Centre of mass lies at the geometric centre.
Note : For cylinders, ring and cube, the centre of mass lies at their geometric centres.
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