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suppose a pencil is balanced on a perfectly frictionless table.if it falls over, what is the...

suppose a pencil is balanced on a perfectly frictionless table.if it falls over, what is the path followed by the center of mass of the pencil.

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The centre of mass of the pencil will travel in a perfectly vertical path.

Since the friction force is non existent there will not be any force applicable on the pencil in the horizontal direction. And thus the pencil momentum in horizontal direction will remain 0.

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