The motion of a rigid body , which is not pivoted or fixed in some way, is either a pure translation or a combination of translation and rotation as shown in figure a & b.does this mean that body cant have pure translation

Figure (a) shows pure translation motion(e.g. projectile motion or motion in a plane).

Figure (b) shows combination of translation and rotational motion(e.g. spinning of a ball).

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