Question

a wall, a 55.6 kg painter is standing on a 3.15 m long homogeneous board that is resting on two saw horses. The board’s mass is 14.5 kg. The saw horse on the right is 1.00 m from the right. How far away can the painter walk from the saw horse on the right until the board begins to tip?

Answer 1

0.15 m

Step-by-step explanation:

First calculating the center of mass from the saw horse

`(3.15)/(2) -1=0.575 m`

from the free body diagram we can write

Taking moment about the saw horse

55.9×9.81×y=14.5×0.575×9.81

y= 0.15 m

So, the painter walk from the saw horse on the right until the board begins to tip is 0.15 m far.