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Given information

Given:

Mass to be lifted,

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.
Now, Calculate torques about the pivot point P labeled in the diagram. The upward force at the pivot will not have any torque. The total torque is zero, since the crane is in equilibrium. 
 

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