document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=787588>Question 787588</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Sue weighs 45 pounds, and her father weighs 170 pounds. If Sue sits on one end of a 20-foot-long seesaw with the fulcrum in the middle, how far from the fulcrum should her father sit to balance the seesaw?<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 #478239 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=478239\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Sue weighs 45 pounds, and her father weighs 170 pounds. If Sue sits on one end of a 20-foot-long seesaw with the fulcrum in the middle, how far from the fulcrum should her father sit to balance the seesaw?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sue is 10 ft from the middle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sue's leverage is 45*10 = 400 ft-lbs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dad's leverage is 170x where \"x\" is his distance from the fulcrum.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "170x = 400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2.2857 ft from the fulcrum.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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