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OF MASS
When observing objects with a known mass in a closed system, the
center of those masses can then be determined. If these objects
are moving at a constant velocity, their center of mass will also
move at a constant velocity. This holds true even it these objects
collide. To determine the center of mass of a closed system, the
positions of each object on a coordinate system must be known. The
equation used for finding the center of mass is as such:

where m is the mass of the respective objects,
and x is their position. The equation will determine the
position of the center of mass. In our calculations, we used this
equation twice to determine the x and y positions of the center
of mass. Once the positions of the objects and center of mass were
determined, they were depicted graphically.
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