A 15-kg child is sitting on a playground teeter-totter, 1.5 m from the pivot. What isthe minimum distance on the other side of the pivot, such that a 470-N force willmake the child lift off the ground?a) 0.82 mb) 1.0 mO c) 0.56 md) 0.47 me) 1.5 m

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make the child lift off the ground? a) 0.82 m b) 1.0 m c) 0.56 m d) 0.47 m e) 1.5 m

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A 15-kg child is sitting on a playground teeter-totter, 1.5 m from the pivot. What is
the minimum distance on the other side of the pivot, such that a 470-N force will
make the child lift off the ground?
a) 0.82 m
b) 1.0 m
O c) 0.56 m
d) 0.47 m
e) 1.5 m

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