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What is the need of centre of mass?

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Newton’s second law of motion is strictly applicable to point masses only. To apply the Newton's law of motion to rigid bodies, the concept of centre of mass is introduced.
The concept of centre of mass of a system enables us to discuss overall motion of the system by replacing the system by an equivalent single point object. 

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