Vdo38 Conservation Equations for a System of Particles - Part2

This video is a continuation of Vdo37, where we considered three particles, connected by rigid massless rods, forming an equilateral triangle. The system is rotating about its center of mass when one rod is broken. The problem determines velocities of the masses when they become collinear. Linear momentum, angular momentum and energy conservation equations are applied to investigate the collinearity conditions. In this part, specifically, we investigate a specific collinearity condition, different from the one investigated in part 1, which is proven to be infeasible.