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Question 13
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Figure 1 shows a steel lever used in a mechanical weighing system.

The horizontal bar is pivoted at point PPP, which is at the 90 cm mark.

Figure 1: A horizontal steel lever pivoted at point P (90 cm mark) with a weight W hanging at the 18 cm mark.

The moment of the weight W W\,W about point P P\,P is 5.76 Nm.

Calculate the weight of WWW.

Use the equation:

moment=F×d \text{moment} = F \times d moment=F×d
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