The two children shown in the figure above are balanced on a seesaw. The leftmost child has a mass of 25.2 kg and sits 1.64 m from the pivot. The second child has a mass of 35.0 kg . The seesaw has a mass 13.13 kg and a center of mass located 0.164 m to the left of the pivot (on the side of the lighter child). a) How far from the pivot does the hedrier child sit?
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m b) Calculate
F_(p)
, the supporting force exerted by the pivot.
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