A balanced lever has two weights on it, the first with mass 1 kg 1kg and the second with mass 4 kg4kg. If the first weight is 25 m25m from the fulcrum, how far is the second weight from the fulcrum?
1 Answer
Apr 8, 2018
Explanation:
For a balanced lever, we have the following relationship:
m_1,m_2 are the masses of the two objects
d_1,d_2 are distances of the two objects from the fulcrum
And so,