document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=71219>Question 71219</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A worker tearing down a barn, uses a pinch bar 4 ft. long with the shorter end 2in. from the fulcrum. If the worker can excert a force of 150 lbs. at one end of the pinch bar, how great a force can he excert at the other end? (Note the differences in units, 2 in. and 4 ft. Units must be the same when using the lever formula.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w1 d1 = w2d2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm lost after this. Can you help?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dorothy </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "w1 d1 = w2d2 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w1*2 = 150*48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w1 = 3600 lbs. of force<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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