Question: A person balances a meter stick in a horizontal position on the extended index fingers of her right and left hands. She slowly brings the

A person balances a meter stick in a horizontal position on the extended index fingers of her right and left hands. She slowly brings the two fingers together. The stick remains balanced and the two fingers always meet at the 50-cm mark regardless of their original positions. (Try it!) Explain

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