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Three equal masses of m kg each are fixed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle ABC.
(a) What is the force acting on a mass 2m placed at the centroid G of the triangle?
(b) What is the force if the mass at the vertex A is doubled?
Take AG=BG=CG=1m (see Fig.8.5)

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