A balanced lever has two weights on it, the first with mass #7 kg # and the second with mass #55 kg#. If the first weight is # 9 m# from the fulcrum, how far is the second weight from the fulcrum?
2 Answers
Apr 7, 2018
The distance is
Explanation:
The mass
The mass
The distance
Taking moments about the fulcrum
The distance is
Apr 7, 2018
Approximately
Explanation:
On a balanced lever, we have the following relationship:
#m_1,m_2# are the masses of the two objects
#d_1,d_2# are the distances of the two objects from the fulcrum
And so, we got: