cricket bat is cut at the location of its centre of mass as shown in the fig. Then

Options

A. the two pieces will have the same mass
B. the bottom piece will have larger mass
C. the handle piece will have larger mass
D. cannot say.

Answer

B

Explanation

The bottom piece will have larger mass. As mass of bat is not uniformly distributed and if we cut from centre of mass then in the upper part, mass is distributed at far distance from centre of mass. Therefore, more mass would lie in bottom part of the bat.