Weight and Balance Question

Bill Str8tail

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I'm a PPL student and am studying for the written test. I'm tripping over a concept. The questions on the practice test use the attached card for a reference, but the weight only goes up to half of what they're saying I'm dealing with. Should I be extrapolating to figure this out? The weights in question are also on the attachment.

Thanks in advance, sorry if this is kind of basic to most people.
 

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Just do the math. You have the arms.

Or, divide the two front seat peeps into 200 and 187 pounds and add the moments...

 
Weight times Arm equals Moment
 
The question is trying to determine whether you understand the concept, not just whether you can read numbers off a table. Really, you don’t even need the table, since you’re given the arm. The table is sort of a red herring.
 
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