Homework Help: Math

Posted by Al on Monday, July 13, 2009 at 12:22pm.

A worker tearing down a barn uses a crowbar 4feet long with the shorter end
being 2 inches from the fulcrum.
If the worker can exert a force of 150lbs at one end of the crowbar, how great a
force can be exerted at the
other end?

(Note the differences in units, 2 inches and 4feet. Units must be the same when
using the lever formula)

He can exert _________ lbs of force.

Formula: (w1)(d1)=(w2)(d2)

Math - Marth, Monday, July 13, 2009 at 1:06pm
4ft = 48in

Work is the same on both sides, and W = Fd

W1 = W2
F1*d1 = F2*d2
150lbs*48in = F2*2in
F2 = 3600lbs
Math - iVfTNuaYoBKzG, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 11:21pm
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