1) Centre of Mass Calculation A person is lying on a bench, which is placed onto two bathroom scales. The length of the bench (D) is 2.5 m. The mass measured by the left scale is 40 kg; the mass measured by the right scale is 32 kg. Calculate the distances d1 and d2, as indicated in the figure below (i.e., the distances between the scale and the centre of mass). Remember that: d2/d1 = M1/M2 and d1 + d2 = D Please report your answers to 2 decimal places and in Sl units. Scale Scale d1 d2 D d1 = Unit d2 = Unit

1) Centre of Mass Calculation A person is lying on a bench, which is placed onto two bathroom scales. The length of the bench (D) is 2.5 m. The mass measured by the left scale is 40 kg; the mass measured by the right scale is 32 kg. Calculate the distances d1 and d2, as indicated in the figure below (i.e., the distances between the scale and the centre of mass). Remember that: d2/d1 = M1/M2 and d1 + d2 = D Please report your answers to 2 decimal places and in Sl units. Scale Scale d1 d2 D d1 = Unit d2 = Unit

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter8: Rotational Motion

Section8.3: Equilibrium

Problem 43SSC

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