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To determine the motion of the centre of mass of a system, knowledge of internal forces of the system is required.
`For this purpose we need not to know the external forces on the system.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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The correct Answer is:
D

To determine the motion of the centre of mass of a system, no knowledge of internal forces of the system is required. For this purpose, we need to know only the external forces on the system.
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