A 60-kg woman stands on the very end of a uniform board, which is supported one-quarter of the way from one end and is balanced. What is the mass of the board?

a. 60 kg
b. 30 kg
c. 20 kg
d. 15 kg
e. 120 kg

Respuesta :


B 30 kg because


One quarter =1/2
Kg=60

1/2 of Kg
1/2*60
30 kg

The correct option can be seen in Option A.

The diagrammatic expression of the question can be seen in the image attached below.

From the given question, we are being informed that the uniform board is balanced. As a result, the torque(i.e. a measurement about how significantly a force acts on a body for it to spin about an axis) acting on the right-hand side of the balance point should be equal to that of the left-hand side.

Mathematically;

[tex]\mathbf{\tau_{_{right}}= \tau_{_{left}}}[/tex]

Given that the mass of the woman = 60 kg

[tex]\mathbf{\tau =\dfrac{m\times g \times l}{\mu}}[/tex]

[tex]\mathbf{\tau_{left} =\dfrac{m\times g \times l}{\mu}}---(1)[/tex]

[tex]\mathbf{\tau_{_{right}} =\dfrac{60 \times g \times l}{\mu}}---(2)[/tex]

Equating both (1) and (2) together, we have:

[tex]\mathbf{\dfrac{m\times g \times l}{\mu} =\dfrac{60 \times g \times l}{\mu} }[/tex]

Dividing like terms on both side

mass (m) = 60 kg

As such, the correct option can be seen in Option A.

Thus, we can conclude that from the 60-kg woman who stands on the very end of a uniform board, the mass of the board on the other end is also 60 kg.

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