document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=160778>Question 160778</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jones and Smith together weigh 340 pounds.  Find their weights if they balance a lever when Jones sits 5 feet from its fulcrum on one side and Smith sits 6 feet from the fulcrum on the other side.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #118539 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=118539\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"Jones and Smith together weigh 340 pounds\" __ J+S=340 __ J=340-S\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"they balance a lever when Jones sits 5 feet from its fulcrum on one side and Smith sits 6 feet from the fulcrum on the other side\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when they balance, the products of their weights and distances from the fulcrum are equal __ 5J=6S\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting __ 5(340-S)=6S __ 1700-5S=6S __ 1700=11S __ 1700/11=S\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting __ J=340-(1700/11) __ J=2040/11 </SPAN>\n" );
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