!!!DO NOT SEND ANY LINKS .Answer the 7th question

!!!DO NOT SEND ANY LINKS .Answer the 7th question (Ans. 100 g) •ee..s kntte edge be placed to balance (Ans. 57.9 cm) A balances horizontally on a knife at 58 cm mark when a mass of 20 g is ("Y the mass of the metre scale. (Ans. 105 g)

Dear Student,
                     Let we place at x cm then net torque should be zero x-10×20+(x-20)×30+(x-50)×60+(x-90)×80=0190x=11000x=57.9cm
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Hello Khushboo dear, here is the needed figure


Let the point of pivot be at a distance x as shown in the figure
Then taking moments
Anticlockwise moments
20(40+x) + 30(30+x) + 60 x 
And clockwise moments
80 (40 - x)
As scale remains horizontal, both clockwise and anti clockwise moments are equal
Equating and solving we have 190 x = 3200 - 1700
So x = 1500/190 = 150/19 = 7.89 cm
Hence point of pivot has to be at a distance (approx) 7.9 cm right from 50 cm
So the point is almost at 57.9 cm
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