Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 11 - Rotational Dynamics and Static Equilibrium - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 368: 29

Answer

$9.14cm$

Work Step by Step

We know that $\Sigma \tau=(L-b)F-(X_{cm}-L)mg=0$ This simplifies to: $L=\frac{X_{cm}mg+bF}{F+mg}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $L=\frac{\frac{1}{2}(0.122)(9.81)+(1.41)(0.365)}{(0.365)+(0.122)(9.81)}$ $L=9.14cm$
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