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A cooking pot and the water it contains have a mass of 3.10kg. This pot is place

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Question

A cooking pot and the water it contains have a mass of 3.10kg. This pot is placed on a scale, and a 0.0489 kg egg is droppedinto the water. The egg falls toward the bottom of the pot with anacceleration equal to half the acceleration of gravity. Calculatethe acceleration of the center of mass of this system.
What is the reading on the scale? A cooking pot and the water it contains have a mass of 3.10kg. This pot is placed on a scale, and a 0.0489 kg egg is droppedinto the water. The egg falls toward the bottom of the pot with anacceleration equal to half the acceleration of gravity. Calculatethe acceleration of the center of mass of this system.
What is the reading on the scale?

Explanation / Answer

i know the the reading on the scale is mg. need help on part one.