Homework Help: phyiscs

Posted by jason on Friday, November 19, 2010 at 4:02pm.

A uniform plank of length 4.5 m and weight 233 N rests horizontally on two supports, with 1.1 m of the plank hanging over the right support (see the drawing). To what distance x can a person who weighs 454 N walk on the overhanging part of the plank before it just begins to tip?

phyiscs - bobpursley, Friday, November 19, 2010 at 4:03pm
The drawing would help understand where the left support is.

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