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To calculate the Center of Gravity (CG) is by knowing the object's balance point around which there are equal moment arms of length times weight. Mathematically, take the average or mean distribution of the weight of the object.

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See where the object is in balance over a straight edge. The center of gravity is on the plane that the edge bisects through the object. Repeat with the object at different orientations to the straight edge. The center of gravity is the point where the planes all intersect.

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The conventional method is to separate the object into three different axes, or if it's n-dimensional, n axes.

With each axis, set the distance of the center of mass as your variable, "x" or "y" or "z", or whatever you want to use as your unknown variable.

Then use this equation:

"variable"*"total mass"=The sum of all masses multiplied by their distance from the location you set as zero.

Be careful, on the right side of the equation, to use the distance of the "zero" to the center of mass of the "submass".

This way you can calculate the coordinates of the center of mass for the object with respect to a point you want to choose.

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The circular ring is supposed to be uniform in thickness and density at any point. The center of gravity between any two points will fall in a diameter. The symmetric points on the other side of the ring will have their CG exactly on the other side of the diameter at an equal distance from the Center of the ring So their CG will be exactly on the Center All different diameters pass through the center of the ring. So all the Centers of gravity ultimately fall in the center making the total of the center of Gravity of the total ring.

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You could use the wii fit, it will explain your centre of gravity, how it is calculated and what you could do to lower it.

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You can use a method called the Plumb line

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