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cantgetaname
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I've read that the acceleration produced in the center of mass of a rigid body is equal to:
However, that leads to a counter-intuitive conclusion.
The reason that seems unintuitive to me is that I would expect some rotation to happen.
Where am I going wrong?
AccelerationCenter of mass = Forceexternal / Mass
However, that leads to a counter-intuitive conclusion.
Suppose there is a hammer floating in space, with a string attached to the lighter end. I pull the string and the external force exerted by me should then cause the center of mass to get accelerated in a straight line, since the quantities in the above equations are vectors
The reason that seems unintuitive to me is that I would expect some rotation to happen.
Where am I going wrong?