Question
A metre stick is pivoted at 20cm from one end and to this end aweight of 1.5N is attacked so that the stick is horizontally balances,What weight is the stick has?
Answers
R_scott
the center of mass of the stick is at the 50 cm mark
w * (50 cm - 20 cm) = 1.5 N * 20 cm
w * (50 cm - 20 cm) = 1.5 N * 20 cm