A balanced lever has two weights on it, the first with mass $9 kg$ and the second with mass $37 kg$ . If the first weight is $9 m$ from the fulcrum, how far is the second weight from the fulcrum?

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Answer 1 · 2017-12-16T14:03:32

The distance is $=2.19m$

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The mass $M_2=9kg$

The mass $M_1=37kg$

The distance $b=9m$

Taking moments about the fulcrum

$M_1xxa=M_2xxb$

$a=(M_2xxb)/(M_1)=(9xx9)/37=2.19m$

A balanced lever has two weights on it, the first with mass 9 kg 9 kg and the second with mass 37 kg37 kg. If the first weight is 9 m 9 m from the fulcrum, how far is the second weight from the fulcrum?