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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Berea_College/Introductory_Physics%3A_Berea_College/10%3A_Linear_Momentum_and_the_Center_of_Mass/10.04%3A_Summary
      Similarly, one can also define the velocity of the center of mass of the system, in terms of the individual velocities, \(\vec v_i\), of the particles in the system: \[\begin{aligned} \vec v_{CM} &= \...Similarly, one can also define the velocity of the center of mass of the system, in terms of the individual velocities, \(\vec v_i\), of the particles in the system: \[\begin{aligned} \vec v_{CM} &= \frac{1}{M}\sum_i m_i\vec v_i\end{aligned}\] Finally, one can define the acceleration of the center of mass of the system, in terms of the individual accelerations, \(\vec a_i\), of the particles in the system: \[\begin{aligned} \vec a_{CM} &= \frac{1}{M}\sum_i m_i\vec a_i\end{aligned}\]

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