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This is a shorthand, I'm going to write it only once,
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but you should know what the notation means.
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If there is i from 1 to 3,
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it really means m1·x1 + m2·x2 + m3·x3
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divided by m1 + m2 + m3.
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This summation is the notation mathematicians have introduced
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where the index I will go over a range from 1 to 3.
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Every term you let i take three different values and you do the sum.
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An exercise I've given to you guys to pursue at home is the following:
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if I got three bodies, 1, 2 and 3,
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you've defined the center of mass,
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you can either go to this formula,