PHYS121 - Learning Assignment: Torque R 1. You and a friend each have a box with a different mass, and you decide to try to balance a seesaw by placing your boxes on either side. Choose a mass for your box (between 3 and 12kg):_ 2 Kq Your friend places their box of mass 15 kg a distance of 25 ch from the middle of the seesaw on one side How far from the center of the seesaw on the other side of it do you need to place your box in order to perfectly balance the seesaw? Start by first calculating the torque your friend's box is supplying relative to the fulcrum (the center point around which the seesaw rotates). If the seesaw board has a mass of 10kg, what is the total net force acting on the fulcrum by the seesaw board when it is perfectly balanced? Give your answer in component form using typical x-y coordinate axes. Why doesn't the seesaw board fall down to the ground? Now your friend adds another box on the same side of your seesaw as their first box. This means there will be 2 boxes on one side of the seesaw that you need to try to balance using your 1 box on the other side of the seesaw. Their 2nd box of mass 25 kg is at a distance of 40 cm from the fulcrum. How far from the center of the seesaw on the other side do you now need to place your box in order to perfectly balance the seesaw? Start by first calculating the torque each of your friend's two boxes are supplying relative to the fulcrum