Brain teaser #5

**quiet** · 07-23-2003, 01:15 AM

short piece wieghs more

**HighRoller** · 07-23-2003, 01:16 AM

hmm why would that be?

**stocktrader23** · 07-23-2003, 01:16 AM

Originally posted by quiet
short piece wieghs more

Makes fucking sense!

**Tala** · 07-23-2003, 01:16 AM

A and D for those who are still living with mom

**stocktrader23** · 07-23-2003, 01:17 AM

Originally posted by HighRoller
hmm why would that be?

Oh quiet knows.

**buddyjuf** · 07-23-2003, 01:17 AM

hold on let me cut my broom

I would also say that the short piece wieghs more

**quiet** · 07-23-2003, 01:18 AM

leverage. the weight of the longer piece is spread out farther from the balance point.

**HighRoller** · 07-23-2003, 01:18 AM

A) The short piece will wiegh more!

This is due to the torque needed to hold the long piece up. It is the same reason a heavy kid has sit closer in on a see saw when he is on it with a lighter friend.

**VirtuMike** · 07-23-2003, 05:32 AM

Leverage biatch!

**Lane** · 07-23-2003, 08:42 AM

short piece, cuz of torque

**TeaseEntertainments2** · 07-23-2003, 08:44 AM

C and D

**PM2** · 07-23-2003, 08:45 AM

Oh yeah, D) may also be correct depending on your mother's temperament.

**bryany** · 07-23-2003, 08:45 AM

Originally posted by Lane
short piece, cuz of torque

Nah, I think its the horsepower

**Jeffery** · 07-23-2003, 08:46 AM

D is the only answer appropriate for this board.

**Soul** · 07-23-2003, 09:11 AM

Must agree on the short end

**cezam** · 07-23-2003, 09:17 AM

let me cut my broom, i'll be back in 5 minutes

**queer** · 07-23-2003, 09:38 AM

C !

All forces up equals the force down, thus undependant on mass and leverage

**chowda** · 07-23-2003, 08:50 PM

bump

**SicChild** · 07-23-2003, 09:02 PM

The short piece will weigh more. Just think about a teeter-totter (whoever said that). You have a teeter-totter with nobody on it, both sides would weigh the same right? Now a skinny kid sit on one end as far out as he can, then a fat kid sits on the other end but much closer to the center. They can still balance out. Do they weigh the same? No. Call it leverage, torque, whatever, the short piece will weigh more.

**SpaceAce** · 07-23-2003, 09:21 PM

Actually, the way that question is written, none of the answers is necessarily correct.

"...on the broom's center of gravity, marked that spot and cut the broom in half..."

If you are cutting the broom in half, you are cutting in the exact center. The exact center could not be the center of gravity because the two ends are made of different materials (hence having a long and short piece when you <I>do</I> cut on the center of gravity).

Now, if you cut on the mark you made for the center of gravity, the short piece weighs more

SpaceAce

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