A balanced lever has two weights on it, the first with mass $3 k g$ $3 kg$ and the second with mass $9 k g$ $9 kg$ . If the first weight is $6 m$ $6 m$ from the fulcrum, how far is the second weight from the fulcrum?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-06T21:00:59

$x = 2 m$ $x=2 m$

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$cancel(3)*cancel(9.81)*6=cancel(9)*cancel(9.81)*x$

$6=3*x$

$x=6/3$

$x=2 m$

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