document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=39097>Question 39097</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you please figure this one, (Not from a text that I know of)Thank You </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #24689 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><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=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=24689\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(7/12)(216) = 126<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5/12)(216) = 90 </SPAN>\n" );
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