A balanced lever has two weights on it, the first with mass 22 kg and the second with mass 21 kg. If the first weight is 4 m from the fulcrum, how far is the second weight from the fulcrum?
1 Answer
Apr 15, 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 the distances of the two objects from the fulcrum
And so,