Mechanics 2 Help!!

MrsMia

Can someone please help me with question 6 (COM) part B of the October 2022 paper? I'm struggling to understand it!

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mqb2766

Original post by MrsMia

Can someone please help me with question 6 (COM) part B of the October 2022 paper? I'm struggling to understand it!

Can you post a pic of the question?

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old_engineer

Original post by MrsMia

Can someone please help me with question 6 (COM) part B of the October 2022 paper? I'm struggling to understand it!

Is this the one where the toy remains at rest with any point on the curved surface of the hemisphere in contact with the plane? If so, the clue is that for the toy to remain at rest (i.e. not topple) its weight must act through the contact point with the plane. This tells you where the toy's CoM must lie.