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Course: High school physics?>?Unit 7
Lesson 3: Torque and equilibriumEquilibrium and applied force
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Problem
A uniform meter stick with equally spaced tick marks has a fulcrum at its center, and a downward force is applied to the meter stick at the position shown. Another downward force of is then applied to the meter stick.
At which position should the downward force be applied to keep the meter stick in equilibrium?