I. A 0.3kg meterstick is suspended motionless by a shark's tooth which is 0.2 meters to the right of the ruler's center of mass, and a toy giraffe which is holding up the left end, 0.5 meters to the left of the center of mass. Fill in the table, and find the force of the giraffe on the meterstick.

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I. A 0.3kg meterstick is suspended motionlessing
by a shark's tooth which is 0.2 meters to the
right of the ruler's center of mass, and a toy
giraffe which is holding up the left end, 0.5
meters to the left of the center of mass. Fill in
the table, and find the force of the giraffe on the
meterstick.
Meterstick
y
torque
N?
0.5m
0.2m
Transcribed Image Text:Problems I. A 0.3kg meterstick is suspended motionlessing by a shark's tooth which is 0.2 meters to the right of the ruler's center of mass, and a toy giraffe which is holding up the left end, 0.5 meters to the left of the center of mass. Fill in the table, and find the force of the giraffe on the meterstick. Meterstick y torque N? 0.5m 0.2m
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Given that,

mass of meterstick ( M) =  0.3 kg 

distance of center of mass from hinged point from shark's tooth is = 0.2 m

net distance between giraffe and hinged point is = 0.2 +0.5 =  0.7  meter 

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