What is meant by a 'rigid body having continousdistribution of mass?

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In physics, a rigid body is an idealization of a solidbody in which deformation is neglected. In other words, the distance between any two given points of a rigid body remains constant in time regardless of external forces exerted on it.

Consider the situation where you have masses at fixed positions, then that is called the discreet distribution. If the mass is present at every point on the space, like the potato. Every point will be having mass. Then this kind of distribution is called the Continuous Distribution.

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