Two children hold opposite ends of a lightweight, 1.8-m-long horizontal pole with a water bucket hanging from it. The older child supports twice as much weight as the younger child. How far is the bucket from the older child?A. 0.3 m             B. 0.6 mC. 0.9 m             D. 1.2 m

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Two children hold opposite ends of a lightweight, 1.8-m-long horizontal pole with a water bucket hanging from it. The older child supports twice as much weight as the younger child. How far is the bucket from the older child?
A. 0.3 m             B. 0.6 m
C. 0.9 m             D. 1.2 m

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