How Do Two People Balance a Uniform Beam at Different Distances?

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a uniform beam of length l and mass m is caried by two people one is distance d1 from the left end the other is distance d2 from the right end determine the force each person exerts on the beam.
I have yet to encounter a rotational problem such as this with 2 axi
 
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Choose your pivot point to be either of the people points. Calculate torques about that point.