A 980N woman stands on a uniform 230N board supported by two wooden poles as shown. If each of the poles can hold only 800N, will it be safe for her to stand at the position shown?

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moongazer · Answer

refer to this http://openstudy.com/groups/physics#/groups/physics/updates/4e92e0250b8bfb9f23ef88f2

moongazer · Answer

help me please

moongazer · Answer

http://openstudy.com/groups/physics#/groups/physics/updates/4e92e0250b8bfb9f23ef88f2 for the drawing only

experimentx · Answer

if the woman is at the middle then the woman is safe. because the weight of the woman and the board is just 320. suppose the woman moves toward the left or right end, then there moment of force comes into play that might flip the board both woman and board falls.

phi · Answer

jimmyrep answered this question in another post, but here are some more details.