| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1807 - 248 pages
...weight winch it \viU Vntaxvc.«. ox EXAMPLE. IK a man weighing 150/i. rest on the end of a lever 12 feet long ; what weight will he balance on the other end, supposing the prop 1¿ foot from the •weight ? 12 feet the Lever. 1,5 distance of the •weight from the fulcrum. 10,5... | |
| Arithmetic - 1818 - 264 pages
...the power is applied : so is the power to the weight which it will balance. If a man weighing 1601b. rest on the end of- a lever 10 feet long, what weight...will he balance on the other end, supposing the prop 1 foot from the weight ? The distance between the weight and the prop being 1 foot, the distance from... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1824 - 226 pages
...will balance or raise. EXAMPLE. IF a man weighing ISOlb. rest on the end of a lever 12 feet long1, what weight will he balance on the other end, supposing the prop 1| feet from the weight ? 12 feet the Lever. 1 ,5 distance of the weight from the fulcrum. 10,5 distance... | |
| Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - Arithmetic - 1826 - 214 pages
...power is applied ; so is the power to the weight which it will balance. If a man weighing 160 Ibs. rest on the end of a lever 10 feet long, what weight...is 10 — 1=9 feet; therefore, as 1 foot : 9 feet : : 160 Ibs. : 1440 Ibs. Ans. In giving directions for making a chaise, the length of the shafts between... | |
| Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...so is the power to the weight which it will balance. 1. If a man weighing 160 Ib. rest on a lever 12 feet long, what weight will he balance on the other end, supposing the prop to be 1 foot from the weight ? 1 : 1 1 :.: 1 60 : i7tiO ib. Ans. 2. At what distance from a weight... | |
| Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - Arithmetic - 1826 - 222 pages
...to the weight which it will balance. If a man weighing 160 Ibs. rest on the end of a lever 10 fert long, what weight will he balance on the other end...from the weight. The distance between the weight and the prop being 1 foot, the distance from the prop to the power is 1C — 1=9 feet ; therefore, as 1... | |
| William Slocomb - 1828 - 160 pages
...the weight which it will balance or raise. 1. If a man weighing 1501b. rest on the end of a lever 12 feet long, what weight will he balance on the other end, supposing the prop 1 £ feet from the weight? 12 feet lever. 1,5 distance of the weight from the prop. 10,5 distance from... | |
| Arithmetic - 1829 - 196 pages
...the power is applied, as the POWER is te the WEIGHT it will balance. 1. If a man of I60lbs. weight, rest on the end of a lever 10 feet long, what weight...end, supposing the prop one foot from the weight? Ans. 1440ft,s. 2. Jn giving directions for making a chaise, the length of the shafts between the axlctree... | |
| James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1829 - 266 pages
...which it will raise or balance. 1 . Suppose a man weighs 200 Ibe. standing on the end of a lever 12 feet long, what weight will he balance on the other end, supposing the prop 1,5 feet from the weight? 12 feet equal the length of the lever. 1 J feet equal the distance of the... | |
| Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - Arithmetic - 1830 - 240 pages
...is applied ; so 1 i* the power to the weight which it will balance. If a man weighing 160 His. rests on the end of a lever 10 feet long, what weight will...from the weight ? The distance between the weight and the prop being 1ft. the distance from the prop to the power is 10—1=9 ft.; therefore, as 1 foot :... | |
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