Two children of mass 19 kg and 33 kg sit balanced on a seesaw with the pivot point located at the center of the seesaw. show ans
wer No Attempt If the children are separated by a distance of 3.0 m, at what distance, in meters, from the pivot point is the smaller child sitting in order to maintain the balance?
Let x represent the distance from the pivot to the smaller child. Then x-3 will be the distance to the larger child. The sum of moments about the origin (pivot point) will be zero:
