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a uniform 1200-n piece of medical apparatus that is 3.5 m long is suspended horizontally by two vertical wires at its ends. a small but dense 550-n weight is placed on the apparatus 2.0 m from one end, as shown in the figure. consider the left end of the beam as the pivot point. what is the torque due to the gravitational force on the apparatus about the pivot point?