The distance berwien the centres of carbon and oxygen atoms in CO molecule is 0.12 nm . The distumee

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The distance berwien the centres of carbon and oxygen atoms in CO molecule is 0.12 nm . The distumee of the centre of the mass of the molecule from the carbon atom is

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$x_{cm} = \frac{m_O d}{m_C + m_O} = \frac{16 	imes 0.12}{12 + 16} \approx 0.07 	ext{ nm}$.