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    Solving Lever Calculations to Help Son

    If in the above formula I know that D1 and D2 add up to 5m how do I find what D1 and D2 are?
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    Solving Lever Calculations to Help Son

    ah ha these two Ds add up to my 5m lever right? ok F1D1 = F2D2 but D1+D2 = 5m so mmm after 45 years away from school
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    Solving Lever Calculations to Help Son

    My problem (trying to help an ay last keen son)-a lever 5m long, a weight of 300kg, a force of 100kg. The question says describe? I am trying to work out the distance from the end of lever to fulcrum or in other words where the fulcrum should lie. tried formula which has gone to...