Answer:
The mother has to sit 2.17 ft from the center on the other side of the seesaw.
Explanation:
We are trying to find the sum of torques given by the weights of mother and daughter to be zero.
If the torque of the daughter on one side of the pivoting point is given by:
5.5 ft x 63.5 lb x g = 349.25 g ft lb
we need that the absolute value of the torque exerted by the mom (160.9 lb) to be the same in magnitude (and of course opposite direction). So we assume that "d" is the distance at which the mother locates to make this torque equal in magnitude to her daughter's torque:
d x 160.9 lb x g = 349.25 g ft lb
d = 2.17 ft
To solve the problem it is necessary to apply the concepts related to Chvorinov's Law, which states that
Where,
= Volume cube
= Superficial Area from Cube
= Volume Rectangle
= Superficial Area from Rectangle
Our values are given as (I will try to develop the problem in English units for ease of calculations),
Applying the Chvorinov equation we have to,
The stipulated time for the cube is 14.5 then,
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