how do you calculate the speed of the center of mass of three objects moving away from one another

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unklerhaukus · Answer

vectors !

anonymous · Answer

$$Vcm = (m1*v1 + m2*v2+....) / (m1+m2+...)$$

all the v are vectors here

anonymous · Answer

so its basicaly the resultant of the three?

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

first - intuition - vcm is in the same direction as before

now in order to calculate vcm
let our y axis to point vertically downward and x axis horizontally to the right

vcm-ydirection = (1*10*cos(60) + 1*10*cos(60)) / 2 = 5

vcm-xdirection = (1*10*sin(60) - 1*10*sin(60)) / 2 = 0