Posted by Cooper on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 12:25am.
The Center of Mass of the bat (alone) is 61.1 cm from the end where the glove is hung.
With the glove there, the balance point moves to 61.1-22.7 = 38.4 cm from that end.
The torque about the new balance point is
Mbat*22.7 - 0.600*38.4 = 0
Therefore,
Mbat = 0.600kg*38.4/22.7 = 1.015 kg
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