PRACTICE IT Use the worked example above to help you solve this problem. In this example, we show how to find the location of a person's center of gravity. Suppose your lab partner has a height L of 171 cm (5 ft, 7 in) and a weight w of 662 N (149 lb). You can determine the position of his center of gravity by having him stretch out on a uniform board supported at one end by a scale, as shown in the figure. If the board's weight w, is 54 N and the scale reading F is 2.85 x 102 N, find the distance of your lab partner's center of gravity from the left end of the board. cm EXERCISE HINTS: GETTING STARTED I'M STUCK! Suppose a 447-kg alligator of length 3.8 m is stretched out on a board of the same length weighing 90 N. If the board is supported on the ends as shown in the figure, and the scale reads 1,840 N, find the x- component of the alligator's center of gravity. (Let x = 0 correspond to the left end of the board.) m
PRACTICE IT Use the worked example above to help you solve this problem. In this example, we show how to find the location of a person's center of gravity. Suppose your lab partner has a height L of 171 cm (5 ft, 7 in) and a weight w of 662 N (149 lb). You can determine the position of his center of gravity by having him stretch out on a uniform board supported at one end by a scale, as shown in the figure. If the board's weight w, is 54 N and the scale reading F is 2.85 x 102 N, find the distance of your lab partner's center of gravity from the left end of the board. cm EXERCISE HINTS: GETTING STARTED I'M STUCK! Suppose a 447-kg alligator of length 3.8 m is stretched out on a board of the same length weighing 90 N. If the board is supported on the ends as shown in the figure, and the scale reads 1,840 N, find the x- component of the alligator's center of gravity. (Let x = 0 correspond to the left end of the board.) m
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