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Given information

We are given that:-

Weight of the beam, .

Length of the beam is .

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Take torques about the location of support , and call counterclockwise torques positive. is the weight of the person, and is the mass of the beam,

With the person standing at point , we have already assumed that . The net force in the vertical direction must also be zero.

 

The person moves to a different spot, so the free body diagram changes again as shown.

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