Consider the image shown where a plank rests horizontally on a roof.Given the following parameters: M= 4.5kg L=9.8m, m=59kg and D=3.2m. Calculate the distance from the left end that a person would reach when the plank starts to tip.

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Consider the image shown where a plank rests horizontally on a roof.Given the following parameters: M= 4.5kg L=9.8m, m=59kg and D=3.2m. Calculate the distance from the left end that a person would reach when the plank starts to tip.

d =?
D
-person of mass m
plank of mass M and length L
Static equilibrium
Transcribed Image Text:d =? D -person of mass m plank of mass M and length L Static equilibrium
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