Cut at center of mass
Classical Mechanics
Level
2
A baseball bat is not uniformly shaped, which is why its center of mass is not at the midpoint between its two ends.
Suppose we cut a baseball bat (perpendicular to its axis) into two pieces through its center of mass, as shown above. Which piece will have greater mass?
Hint: if you're not familiar with the idea of the center of mass, it is the position about which we could balance the bat if we placed it on a knife's edge.
by
Rohit Gupta