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When to Call It a Pure Translation

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is the motion of centre of mass required only in translational motion?

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Dear student , generally the motion of center of mass is considered in translational motion, but when the rotational kotion is about some different axis other than the COM , the the motion of center of mass is also taken into account.Regards

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