FIGURE 4-3 -A 16-Kg Fish Is Weighed with Two Spring Scales, Each

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Multiple Choice

FIGURE 4-3
-A 16-kg fish is weighed with two spring scales, each of negligible weight, as shown in Fig. 4-3. What will be the readings on the scales?

• A)The bottom scale will read 16 kg, and the top scale will read zero.
• B)The sum of the two readings will be 32 kg.
• C)The top scale will read 16 kg, and the bottom scale will read zero.
• D)Each scale will show a reading greater than zero and less than 16 kg, but the sum of the two readings will be 16 kg.
• E)Each scale will read 8 kg.

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