A 2 kg cart is at and a 1 kg cart is at on a frictionless track
PHYSICS · Subjective · AP · Physics 1: Algebra-based · Force and Translational Dynamics · Force and Translational Dynamics
Problem
A 2 kg cart is at x=0m and a 1 kg cart is at x=4m on a frictionless track. Without doing any calculations, describe how the position of the system’s center of mass will change if the 1 kg cart is moved to x=2m while the 2 kg cart remains fixed.