When a body is weighed successively in t...

When a body is weighed successively in the two pans of a physical balance with unequal arms, the apparent masses are found to be `M_(1)` and `M_(2)`. Show that the length of the arms are in the ratio `sqrt(M_(1)): sqrt(M_(2))`.

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