A 1000kg automobile is moving along a straight highway at 10\(ms^{-1}\). Another car with mass 2000kg and speed 20\(ms^{-1}\) is 30m ahead of the first. The position of the centre of mass of the system from the first is
20m
xcm = m1x1+m2x2m1+m2=(1000)(0)+2000(30)1000+2000
⇒ xcm=(2000)(30)3000=20m