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Chapter 11 Problem 6

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At the local playground, a 16-kg child sits on the end of a horizontal teeter-totter, 1.5 m from the pivot point. On the other side of the pivot an adult pushes straight down on the teeter-totter with a force of 95 N. In which direction does the teeter-totter rotate if the adult applies the force at a distance of (a) 3.0 m, (b) 2.5 m, or (c) 2.0 m from the pivot?

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Title Physics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321611116

Solved: At the local playground, a 16-kg child sits on the

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