A 1-Kg Rock Is Suspended from the Tip of a Horizontal

question 55

Multiple Choice

A 1-kg rock is suspended from the tip of a horizontal meterstick at the 0-cm mark so that the meterstick barely balances like a seesaw when its fulcrum is at the 25-cm mark. From this information, the mass of the meterstick is

• A)1/4 kg.
• B)1/2 kg.
• C)3/4 kg.
• D)1 kg.
• E)none of the above

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