Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 7 - Section 7.4 - Inverse Variation - Exercises - Page 288: 43

Answer

$25\frac{1}{3}\ in$

Work Step by Step

The lever priciple states that $$F_1d_1=F_2d_2.$$ We plug in the given values to get: $$ 210\times x=190\times 28\Longrightarrow x=\frac{ 190\times 28 }{210}=25\frac{1}{3}\ in .$$
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