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Student[Precalculus]

  

CenterOfMass

  

find the center of mass of a set of points

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

CenterOfMass(p1, ...)

Parameters

p1, ...

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each is an n-element list or Vector specifying a point, or a list whose first element is an n-element list or Vector and whose second element is an algebraic expression specifying the corresponding weight

Description

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The command CenterOfMass(p1,p2,...,pn) computes the center of mass of the given points, weighted by the corresponding weights.  If a point is given as an n-element list or vector, the corresponding weight is taken to be 1.

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All arguments must specify points of the same dimensionality (and orientation, when more than one of the points is a Vector).

Examples

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See Also

Midpoint

Student[MultivariateCalculus][CenterOfMass]

Vector

 


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