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Given information

the mass of the carbon atom= 

the mass of the oxygen atom= 

the separation between the atoms=

 

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Let the distance of the center of mass from the carbon atom be .

The distance of centre of mass from the carbon atom can be calculated using following formula

   

where

and 

 

 

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