(i) Sumit and Sachin went for a trek and during the journey they visited a cottage. They suspended their bags to the two ropes hanging from P and Q on a wheel capable of rotating around O. Sumit suspended his bag to the rope Q and Sachin suspended his bag from the rope P. The wheel remained in equilibrium.
(a) State with a reason who is carrying a heavier bag.
(b) Based on the principle of moments, write a mathematical relation that can be used to determine the weight (W) of Sachin’s bag, given that the weight of Sumit’s bag is 18 kgf
