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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Mar
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Real and "Ghost" Masses in a Statics Problem
Binder, P.-M.; Gorospe, Beverly A.; Singer, Solomon
Physics Teacher, v57 n3 p164-165 Mar 2019
The location of the center of mass of a beam can be calculated using the values of the reaction forces at its ends. The success of an apparently erroneous solution leads the authors to seek and find an explanation for why this solution works. We illustrate the procedure with an asymmetric beam.
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