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A woman uses a lever to lift a heavy box. The weight of the box is...

A woman uses a lever to lift a heavy box. The weight of the box is 60 N and lies 1 m from the fulcrum. The woman can exert at most 15 N of force. How far from the fulcrum must the woman apply the force?

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Solution) This problem is based on principle of moments

Clockwise moments = anticlockwise moments

displacement, di 1m (15) ( d 2

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