Consider a system of three particles, each of mass 0.1 kg, which remains always in the same xy – plane. The particles interact among themselves, always in a manner consistent with Newton’s third law. The particles A, B and C have positions at various times having equal intervals as given in the table.
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A
Similarly
And 
Thus it is obvious that COM is moving along line X = Y and distances between t = 0 to t = 1 to t = 2 are equal.
i.e. COM is moving with constant velocity.
Net external force on the system is zero.
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