# A 172-cm-tall person lies ona light (massless) board which is supported by two scales one under the top of her head and ones beneath the bottom of her

BolkowN 2020-12-14 Answered
A 172-cm-tall person lies ona light (massless) board which is supported by two scales one under the top of her head and ones beneath the bottom of her feet(figure 9-53). The two scales readrespectively 35.1 and 31.6 kg
What distance is the center of gravity of this person from the bottom of her feet?
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## Expert Answer

izboknil3
Answered 2020-12-15 Author has 99 answers
Let

L=17.2 m
Now the distance for the center of gravity is calculated as
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