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A massless, rigid board is placed across two bathroom scales thatare separated by a distance of 2.00 m. A person lies on the board.The scale under his head reads 455 N, andthe scale under his feet reads 325 N.
(a) Find the weight of the person.
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(b) Determine the distance between the person's head and his centerof gravity.
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(b) Determine the distance between the person's head and his centerof gravity.
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Explanation / Answer

The weight of the person is just the sum of the scalereadings .      455 + 325  =    780 N   is his weight .     To get the distance from his head to thecm, assume the cm is at zero. Then for the scales to balance, youmust have .          reading ofhead scale * distance from head to cm = reading of footscale * distance from foot to cm . or             455 *   x    =     325 * ( 2.00 - x) .    solve      x =   0.8333 meters    is the distance from his headto his cm

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