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A 100g mouse and an elephant want to find balance by sitting on a really long see-saw that is balanced at its center of mass. Of the 5000 kg elephant is sitting 0.75m away from the axis of rotation, how far away from the axis of rotation must the mouse sit

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Answer:

3.75 km away

Explanation:

From the law of moments, clockwise moments = anticlockwise moment

So WL = wl where W = weight of elephant = Mg and M = mass of elephant = 5000 kg, L = distance of elephant from axis of rotation = 0.75 m, and w = weight of mouse = mg where m= mass of mouse = 100 g = 0.1 kg and l =  distance of mouse from axis of rotation = unknown and g = acceleration due to gravity.

So, MgL = mgl

ML = ml

l = ML/m

= 5000 kg × 0.75 m/0.1 kg

= 3750 kgm/0.1 kg

= 37500 m

= 3.75 km away