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Posted by bosco on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 3:25pm.

A 62kg person lies flat on uniform plank of mass 15kg.The plank, with the person lying on it,is placed on a brick at the head and a bathroom scale at the foot,both under the plank.The persons toe to head dist is 1.56m.The length of the plank is also 1.56m.

a)the reading on the bathroom scale is 30kg.Use this information to determine how far the centre of gravity of the person is from the toes.

physics - Darryl Oakbank A level physics, Friday, October 5, 2012 at 3:29am
30*1.56=46.8
15*0.78=11.7
46.8-11.7=35.1
35.1/62=0.567
Answer = 0.567 meters from pivot which is = to (1.56-0.567) 0.993m from the scales

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