A circular table has a radius of 1m and mass 20 kg. It has 4 legs of 1 m each fixed symmetrically on its circumference. The maximum weight which can be placed anywhere on this table without toppling it is
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C
Let the weight W be placed on the nearer edge.
Distance between two adjacent legs,
d = 
× 1 = 
× 1 = 
m
Then mg × 1 = (20g + mg) × 
or mg = 
= 20( 
+ 1) g
or mg = 48.3 g kg
or m = 48.3 kg
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