A balanced lever has two weights on it, the first with mass #3 kg # and the second with mass #24 kg#. If the first weight is # 9 m# from the fulcrum, how far is the second weight from the fulcrum?
1 Answer
Dec 30, 2015
Explanation:
Let
Let
Since the lever is balanced so both the torques produced by
Let the mass
Let
Hence the second weight is at a distance of 1.125m from the fulcrum.