COM of a a Wire

A uniform wire of length l \textit{l} is bent into shape V as shown in the figure.
The distance of its center of mass \text{center of mass} from the vertex A is

l 3 8 \dfrac{l\sqrt3}{8} l 3 4 \dfrac{l\sqrt3}{4} l 3 2 \dfrac{l\sqrt3}{2} l 2 \dfrac{l}{2} None of these

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1 solution

Aryaman Maithani
Jun 30, 2018

Let's assume a co-ordinate system where A A is the origin and the angular bisector of A B AB and A C AC is the x-axis.

The length of A B AB is l 2 \dfrac{l}{2} and the location of its center of mass is the midpoint ( l 4 cos 3 0 , l 4 sin 3 0 ) (\frac{l}{4}\cos30^{\circ}, \frac{l}{4}\sin30^{\circ}) .

Similarly, the center of mass of A C AC is ( l 4 cos 3 0 , l 4 sin 3 0 ) (\frac{l}{4}\cos30^{\circ}, -\frac{l}{4}\sin30^{\circ}) .

The centre of mass of the whole wire is the midpoint of the above two centers of mass (as the wire is of uniform mass distribution).

C ( l 4 cos 3 0 , 0 ) \therefore C \equiv (\frac{l}{4}\cos30^{\circ}, 0)

required distance = l 4 cos 3 0 = l 3 8 \implies \text{required distance =} \frac{l}{4}\cos30^{\circ} = \boxed {\dfrac{l\sqrt3}{8}}

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