Chapter 18 of 2363 min read
Centre of mass and its motion
Why this is asked: Internal forces — an explosion, an internal collision — never change the centre of mass's velocity or path, only external forces do; a shell that explodes mid-air has its COM land exactly where the intact shell would have.
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