A 150-Kg Child Is Sitting on a Playground Teeter-Totter, 1

question 96

Multiple Choice

A 15.0-kg child is sitting on a playground teeter-totter, 1.50 m from the pivot. What is the minimum distance, on the other side of the pivot, such that a 220-N force will make the child lift off the ground?

• A) 1.00 m
• B) 1.50 m
• C) 0.102 m
• D) 9.78 m
• E) 2.35 m

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