For the last part of the lab, you should have found the mass of the meter stick. So if a mass of 85 g was placed at the 2 cm MARK and the pivot point was moved to the 38.6 cm MARK, what would have been the mass of the meter stick

272.89g

Explanation:

Find the diagram to the question in the attachment below;.

Using the principle of moment to solve the question which states that the sum of clockwise moment is equal to the sum of anticlockwise moment.

Moment = Force * Perpendicular distance

Taking the moment of force about the pivot.

Anticlockwise moment:

The 85g mass will move in the anticlockwise

Moment of 85g mass = 85×36.6

= 3111gcm

Clockwise moment.

The mass of the metre stick M situated at the centre (50cm from each end) will move in the clockwise direction towards the pivot.

CW moment = 11.4×M = 11.4M

Equating CW moment to the ACW moment we will have;

11.4M = 3111

M = 3111/11.4

M = 272.89g

The mass of the metre stick is 272.89g

in simple terms, the principle states that the buoyancy force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object, or the density of the fluid multiplied by the submerged volume times the gravitational acceleration, g. this is also known as upthrust.