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An overweight boy and a skinny girl are balanced on a massless seesaw. If they both move forward such that they are one-half their original distance from the pivot point, what will happen to the seesaw?
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An overweight boy and a skinny girl are balanced on a massless seesaw. If they both move forward such that they are one-half their original distance from the pivot point, what will happen to the seesaw?

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The seesaw will average out a little bit, and not be as tilted to one side as before.

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