A balanced lever has two weights on it, the first with mass 5 kg and the second with mass 8 kg. If the first weight is 4 m from the fulcrum, how far is the second weight from the fulcrum?
1 Answer
May 1, 2016
Explanation:
First of all remember that the principle of moments must apply which is the anticlockwise moment=clockwise moment.
Now use the formula
but before that convert the masses into weight by multiplying by 10
which is the gravitational force so
no using the formula