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JEE Main 7 April 2025, Shift 1, Physics Q29

Question 29 of 75 in this shift, Physics question 4 of 25, Section A.

A rod of length 5 L is bent right angle keeping one side length as 2 L. The position of the centre of mass of the system: (Consider L = 10 cm)

The figure, in words

L-shaped bent rod (hatched) in the x-y plane: vertical arm along the y-axis of length 3L and horizontal arm along the x-axis of length 2L, meeting at the origin.
  1. (1)2i^+3j^2\hat{i} + 3\hat{j}
  2. (2)4i^+9j^4\hat{i} + 9\hat{j}Official answer
  3. (3)3i^+7j^3\hat{i} + 7\hat{j}
  4. (4)5i^+8j^5\hat{i} + 8\hat{j}

Official answer

Option 2

NTA final key.

Chapter
System of Particles and Rotational Motion
Topic
Center of Mass
Idea tested
COM of Bent Wires

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Question text from the official JEE Main paper published by NTA; answer from the final answer key. Chapter, topic and idea tags, difficulty and skill are Lumi’s. This question needs a figure we do not reproduce; it is described in words above. Lumi analyses 42 of the 174 JEE Main shifts held from 2017 to 2026.