Imagine you have a plank balanced at its center on a pivot point and 15 kg of weight 1 meter to the left of the pivot point. In order to balance the system, how far to the right of the pivot point would you need to place a 10 kg set of weights? Report the number of meters to the right of the pivot point.

Imagine you have a plank balanced at its center on a pivot point and 15 kg of weight 1 meter to the left of the pivot point. In order to balance the system, how far to the right of the pivot point would you need to place a 10 kg set of weights? Report the number of meters to the right of the pivot point.

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