 | 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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As the distance between the body to be raised, or balanced, and the fulcrum, or prop, is to the distance between the prop and the point where the power is applied, so is the power to the weight which it will balance. 
