SOLUTION: Kim weighs 72 kg and eddie weighs 60 kg . Kime is sitting 2 m from fulcrum of a seesaw . How far from kim should eddie sit to balance the seesaw?
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Question 88800: Kim weighs 72 kg and eddie weighs 60 kg . Kime is sitting 2 m from fulcrum of a seesaw . How far from kim should eddie sit to balance the seesaw?
Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
60X=72*2
60X=144
X=144/60
X=2.4 M IS THE DISTANCE FROM THE FULCRUM KIM HAS TO SIT TO BALLANCE.
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