Turning Effect
 

Turning Effect problem 36


A plank of negligible weight and length is fixed on a vertical wall at point A and balanced horizontally by a vertical rope attached to it at point B. A man of weight walks on the plank as shown below.




How far is the man from point A when the tension in the rope at point B is ?


 

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