Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8, Problem 10E
A weight of 8 N is located 12 cm from the fulcrum on the beam of a simple balance. What weight should be placed at a point 5 cm from the fulcrum on the opposite side in order to balance the system?
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