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Posted by Jamison on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 5:15pm.

A steel beam that is 6.00 m long weighs 332 N. It rests on two supports, 3.00 m apart, with equal amounts of the beam extending from each end. Suki, who weighs 550 N, stands on the beam in the center and then walks toward one end. How close to the end can she come before the beam begins to tip?

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