a student balances a 1.5kg of broom by placing her finger 1.4m from the end of the broom handle. How far from the broom handle w

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ould she have to balance the broom if she hung a 400g mass from the end of the broom handle?

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Delicious77 [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-12-10T22:54:00+03:00

The broom handle that she have to balance if she hung a 400g mass from the end of the broom handle is 5.24m

This problem is centered on moment. Moment is the turning effect of a force about a point. It is expressed as:

Moment = Force× Distance

According to principle of moment, the sum of clockwise moment is equal to sum of anticlockwise moment at shown

M1d1 = M2d2

Given the following

M1 = 1.5kg

d1 = 1.4m

M2 = 400g = 0.4kg

d2 is required

Substitute

1.5(1.4) = 0.4d2

2.1 = 0.4d2

d2 = 2.1/0.4

d2 = 5.24m

Hence the broom handle that she have to if she hung a 400g mass from the end of the broom handle is 5.24m