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When a body is in equilibrium, the resultant force on it is zero and the sum of the clockwise moments about a point is equal to the sum of the anticlockwise moments about the same point. In fig. 1 a beam is balanced at its centre point. Using the measurements shown in the diagram,
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Keighley, J. (1990). Moments and Energy. In: Work Out Physics GCSE. Macmillan Work Out. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11839-7_4
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