Emma and Noah are playing on a seesaw. Noah, mass 22 kg, is seated 1.6 m away from the pivot point. Emma, mass 25 kg, wants to sit at a point that will make the seesaw exactly balance on its pivot. How far away from the pivot must she sit? Assume that the mass of the seesaw itself is small enough to ignore.

Emma and Noah are playing on a seesaw. Noah, mass 22 kg, is seated 1.6 m away from the pivot point. Emma, mass 25 kg, wants to sit at a point that will make the seesaw exactly balance on its pivot. How far away from the pivot must she sit? Assume that the mass of the seesaw itself is small enough to ignore.

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