The center of mass is given by the formula:
\[X = \frac{\sum m_i x_i}{\sum m_i}\]
where \(m_i\) is the mass of the ith object and \(x_i\) is the position of the ith object.
In this case, we have two masses: 3 kg at position 0 m and 5 kg at position 1 m. So,
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