If Given Some Weights and Asked to Balance a Scale

question 1

Essay

If given some weights and asked to balance a scale by hooking the weights onto the scale's arms, how will the most cognitively advanced adolescents determine where to place the weights to balance the scale? How would preadolescents balance the scales?

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