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📅 MIT Science Bowl Invitational 2020🎓 HS🔄 Round 9#️⃣ Question 15 TOSS UP📝 Multiple Choice

Xavier and Yousef are on either side of a 1 meter long seesaw that is currently balanced on a fulcrum. If Xavier, who is 75 kilograms, starts moving towards the other side of the seesaw at a speed of 4 meters per second, how quickly must 60-kilogram Yousef move in order to keep the seesaw at balance?

W) 4 meters per second
X) 5 meters per second
Y) 6 meters per second
Z) 8 meters per second
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