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I got the first answer so that is fine. Now, for the second question would you set both the torque of the man and the torque of the beam to be larger than the force of A and then solve for the distance from the axis in the torque equation of the man? I got 1.5 because it is t, the distance from...

Homework Statement A man of mass mm = 90 kg decides to paint his house. To do this, he builds a platform using a uniform beam with a mass of mb = 91 kg and a length of L = 7 meters. The beam is supported by two sawhorses, ---------------------- A B (distance from A to left...