59. A simple lever is used to lift a heavy load. When a 60-N

force pushes one end of the lever down 1.2 m, the load
rises 0.2 m. Show that the weight of the load is 360 N.

1 answer

since mass * distance is the same, and the heaver mass only rises 1/6 as far, it is 6 times the mass, or 360N