The diagram below shows a uniform bar supported at the middle point O. A weight of 40 gf is placed at a distance of 40 cm to the left of the point O. How can you balance the bar with a weight of 80 gf?

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To balance the anticlockwise moment of 40 gf, we should place the 80 gf to the right of the middle point.

Using principle of moments, $40 g f \times 40 c m = 80 g f \times x$

$∴ x = 20 c m$

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