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Given information

It is given that :

Length of the pole is  

Mass of the pole is   

Initial distance between the two hands,  

Maximum force to be exerted is  

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Net torque acting on the pole should be 0 as the pole is not rotating 

 Free body diagram for the forces acting on the pole is as shown 

Let be the distance to be moved 

weight acts at the center of the pole 

represents the force exerted by right hand and left hand respectively

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