A pair of adult nitwits sit balanced on a teeter totter type device. One of them, whose mass is 54.2 kg, is 1.20 m from the point of balance. The other chowder-head is 2.25 m from the point of balance. What is the mass of the second person

The mass of the second person is 28.91 kg

Explanation:

Given;

mass of the first adult, m₁ = 54.2 kg

distance of the first adult from the point of balance, x = 1.20 m

mass of the second adult, = m₂

distance of the second adult from the point of balance, y = 2.25 m

Taking moment about the point of balance, we will have

m₁x = m₂y

54.2 x 1.2 = 2.25y

2.25y = 65.04

y = 65.04/2.25

y = 28.91 kg

Therefore, the mass of the second person is 28.91 kg