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What is the center of mass?
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Hypothetical point at which all mass would appear to be concentrated
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What is center of gravity?
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The point at which gravity would appear.
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What is the line of gravity also known as?
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the gravity vector
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Each segment in a body is acted upon by the force of gravity and has its own what?
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COG and COM
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For an object to be stable what must happen?
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The line of gravity must fall within its base of support
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COG is dependent upon what?
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distribution of the mass of an object
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when weight is added to the body where will the COG shift?
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Towards the additional weight
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