Figure below shows a non-uniform tree trunk, 9m long weighing 525N. The tree is overhanging a vertical cliff edge. A man of mass 70kg...

      

Figure below shows a non-uniform tree trunk, 9m long weighing 525N. The tree is overhanging a vertical cliff edge. A man of mass 70kg is able to walk out on the tree a distance of 1.5m from the edge of the cliff before the tree begins to topple.
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Calculate the distance from the cliff edge to the centre of gravity of the tree.

  

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Kavungya
Sum of clockwise moments = sum of anticlockwise moments.
525x = 700 x 1.5
x = 2m
Kavungya answered the question on June 1, 2019 at 08:33


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