Thank you for showing so much interest in my problem. From what I understand by looking at your post, you mean to say the CM of whole system is lowered..........due to maybe two possibilities: 1) Due to weight kept on pan 2) Due to lowering of one pan
Well, for case 1, the additional weight is really not a part of the system........say if I just press down on one pan with a force (contact or non-contact), the pan will tilt...apply progressively increasing resistance..........but CM is same.
Case 2 is really lame coz the other pan rises up by the same amount.
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