SOLUTION: A woman and
her son are playing on a seesaw. The boy is at one end, 16 feet from the fulcrum. If the son weighs
85 lb and the mother weighs 125 lb, where should the woman sit so
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85 lb and the mother weighs 125 lb, where should the woman sit so
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Question 1166342: A woman and
her son are playing on a seesaw. The boy is at one end, 16 feet from the fulcrum. If the son weighs
85 lb and the mother weighs 125 lb, where should the woman sit so that the seesaw is balanced?
Use the law of seesaw: it is in equilibrium if the product of the weight by the distance from the fulcrum is the same for both participants.
85*16 = 125*x.
From this equation, calculate x = feet.
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