JEE Main Physics question

PhysicsSystems of Particles and Rotational MotionJEE Main

A boy and a man carry a uniform rod of length horizontally in such a way that the boy gets of the load. If the boy is at one end of the rod, the distance of the man from the other end is

Answer: (A)

Solution

Balancing torques about the boy's end: boy carries of the total weight , man carries . The rod's weight acts at its centre ( from the boy). Taking moments about the man's

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