A balanced lever has two weights on it, the first with mass $4 kg$ and the second with mass $1 kg$ . If the first weight is $8 m$ from the fulcrum, how far is the second weight from the fulcrum?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-03T13:54:43

The distance is $=32m$

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The first weight is $M_1=4gN$

The second weight is $M_2=1gN$

The distance $a=8m$

Taking moments about the fulcrum

$4g*8=1g*b$

$b=32g/g=32m$

The distance is $=32m$

A balanced lever has two weights on it, the first with mass 4 kg 4 kg and the second with mass 1 kg1 kg. If the first weight is 8 m 8 m from the fulcrum, how far is the second weight from the fulcrum?