Clockwise moments = anticlockwise moments at equilibrium
0.6 x 0.7 = W x 0.3;
W = 0.6 x 0.7/0.3
= 1.4N;
0.6 + R = 1.4
R = 0.8N;
sharon kalunda answered the question on April 4, 2019 at 06:49
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