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The older child supports twice as much weight as the younger child. How far is the bucket from the older child?.

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Answer:

the bucket must be half as far from the older child. If the bucket is 0.6 m from the older child and 1.2 m from the younger, then this condition is fulfilled and the sum is 1.8 m. So the answer is B. Assess: This makes intuitive sense, but it can be checked with equilibrium calculations = 0 as well.

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