Equilibrium of a Mobile Conceptual Question

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The artist Anya Calderona constructs the mobile shown in the figure. In the illustrated configuration, the mobile is perfectly balanced.

A) If Anya decides to make the star twice as massive, and not change the length of any crossbar or the location of any object, what does she have to do with the mass of the smiley face to keep the mobile in perfect balance? Note that she may have to change masses of other objects to keep the entire structure balanced.

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  1. => make it twice as massive

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