Four particle of masses m , 2 m , 3 m and 4 m are arranged at the corners of a parallelogram with each side equal to a and one of the angle between two adjacent sides is 60 o . The parallelogram lies in the x - y plane with mass m at the origin and 4 m on the x -axis. The centre of mass of the arrangement will be located at
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