The following bar is of negligible weight. Determine the value of ‘x’ if the bar is balanced.

      

The following bar is of negligible weight. Determine the value of ‘x’ if the bar is balanced.
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Mutiso
Clockwise moments = 10 × 30 = 300 N cm,
Anticlockwise moments = 10 × ‘x’ = 10 x. N cm.
Using the principle of moments
Anti-clockwise moments = clockwise moments
10 x = 300, hence x = 30 cm.

Mutiso answered the question on October 11, 2018 at 18:52


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