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Two Children Seat Themselves on a Seesaw

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Two children seat themselves on a seesaw.The one on the left has a weight of 300 N while the one on the right weighs 200 N.The fulcrum is at the midpoint of the seesaw.If the child on the right is not at the end but is 2.00 m from the fulcrum and the seesaw is balanced,what is the torque provided by the weight of the child on the left? (Take ccw as positive. )


A) -400 N·m
B) 400 N·m
C) 600 N·m
D) -600 N·m
E) ​200 N·m

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