At the local playground, a 21-kg child sits on the right end of a horizontal teeter-totter, 1.8

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At the local playground, a 21-kg child sits on the right end of a horizontal teeter-totter, 1.8 m from the pivot point. On the left side of the pivot an adult pushes straight down on the teeter-totter with a force of 151 N. In which direction (clockwise or counterclockwise) does the teeter-totter rotate if the adult applies the force at a distance of

(a) 3.0 m,

(b) 2.5 m,

(c) 2.0 m from the pivot?

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Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976444

5th edition

Authors: James S. Walker

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