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Teeter Totter Center of Mass

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Find the Center of Mass of a Teeter-Totter

Brothers on a Teeter-Totter

Right now the 4 meter long teeter-totter is placed so that the brothers are not balanced.  After being given the masses of the two brothers, your job will be to decide where to place the center holder so that the brothers are balanced.  You must place it within 5% of where it needs to be placed.

Picture:  Brothers on the teeter-totter by Quinn Dombrowski

 

 


This page titled Teeter Totter Center of Mass is shared under a CC BY license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Larry Green.

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