In the notes for Vol. 23, No. 3 (pp. 26–29) the usefulness of the centre of mass of a system was discussed. It is defined by the formula:
where X is the vector from some chosen origin, mi are the masses of individual particles in the system and xi their vectors from the same origin.
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