Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 1, Chapter 1-20
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Author: David Halliday
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Chapter 21, Problem 50P
Figure 21-42 shows a long, nonconducting, massless rod of length L, pivoted at its center and balanced with a block of weight W at a distance x from the left end. At the left and right ends of the rod are attached small
Figure 21-42 Problem 50.
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Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 1, Chapter 1-20
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