SOLUTION: a laborer uses a crowbar 4 feet long. If the fulcrum is 7 inches from one end of the bar, how heavy a weight can be move by exerting a force of 175 pounds.?
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Question 284765: a laborer uses a crowbar 4 feet long. If the fulcrum is 7 inches from one end of the bar, how heavy a weight can be move by exerting a force of 175 pounds.?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
175(48-7)=7X
175*41=7X
7X=7,175
X=7,175/7
X=1,025 POUNDS.
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