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The separation between carbon and oxygen molecules in $C O$ is $0.12 n m$ . What is the distance of the centre of mass from carbon atom?

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The distance of centre of mass from carbon atom is,
$x_{c m} = \frac{m_{1} x_{1} + m_{2} x_{2}}{m_{1} + m_{2}}$
$= \frac{12 \times 0 + 16 \times 0.12}{12 + 16}$

$= 0.07 n m$

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