SOLUTION: Two men lift a weight of 216 lbs. suspended from a pole 6 ft. long carried between them. If the weight is 2 1/2 ft. from one man and 3 1/2 ft. from the other, how much does each li

Question 39097: Two men lift a weight of 216 lbs. suspended from a pole 6 ft. long carried between them. If the weight is 2 1/2 ft. from one man and 3 1/2 ft. from the other, how much does each lift?
Can you please figure this one, (Not from a text that I know of)Thank You
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The weight is closest to the man doing more of the lifting...in fact he does 7/12 of it (3 1/2 divided by 6) and the man furthest from the weight does 5/12 of the lifting...
(7/12)(216) = 126
(5/12)(216) = 90
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