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It has been said; "Give me a long enough lever and I shall move the world." How long does this lever need to be? a. Who is the quote from?_ b. Assume your weight (under an acceleration of 1 g) and the weight of the earth on the other side of a pivot (again under 1 g acceleration). We will use the moon as a pivot point. (Everyone knows the moon is 384000km away..) and I'm not sure where we will get it from but let's assume the lever arm is massless. Equate the 2 torques to find how far away you would have to be away from the pivot in order to counter balance the earths torque. c. Distance away = km d. I have a feeling Astronomical Units (AU) are a better unit.

It has been said; "Give me a long enough lever and I shall move the world." How long does this lever need to be? a. Who is the quote from?_ b. Assume your weight (under an acceleration of 1 g) and the weight of the earth on the other side of a pivot (again under 1 g acceleration). We will use the moon as a pivot point. (Everyone knows the moon is 384000km away..) and I'm not sure where we will get it from but let's assume the lever arm is massless. Equate the 2 torques to find how far away you would have to be away from the pivot in order to counter balance the earths torque. c. Distance away = km d. I have a feeling Astronomical Units (AU) are a better unit.

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1. It has been said; "Give me a long enough lever and I shall move the world." How long does this lever need to be? a. Who is the quote from?. b. Assume your weight (under an acceleration of 1 g) and the weight of the earth on the other side of a pivot (again under 1 g acceleration). We will use the moon as a pivot point. (Everyone knows the moon is 384000km away...) and I'm not sure where we will get it from but let's assume the lever arm is massless. Equate the 2 torques to find how far away you would have to be away from the pivot in order to counter balance the earths torque. c. Distance away = km d. I have a feeling Astronomical Units (AU) are a better unit... (1 AU = 1.5E8 km) Distance away = AU e. Which planet are you at? (Mercury 0.4 AU, Venus .8 AU, Earth 1 AU, Mars 1.5 AU, Jupiter 5.2 AU, Saturn 10 AU, Uranus 20 AU, Neptune 30 AU, Pluto 40 AU)
Transcribed Image Text:1. It has been said; "Give me a long enough lever and I shall move the world." How long does this lever need to be? a. Who is the quote from?. b. Assume your weight (under an acceleration of 1 g) and the weight of the earth on the other side of a pivot (again under 1 g acceleration). We will use the moon as a pivot point. (Everyone knows the moon is 384000km away...) and I'm not sure where we will get it from but let's assume the lever arm is massless. Equate the 2 torques to find how far away you would have to be away from the pivot in order to counter balance the earths torque. c. Distance away = km d. I have a feeling Astronomical Units (AU) are a better unit... (1 AU = 1.5E8 km) Distance away = AU e. Which planet are you at? (Mercury 0.4 AU, Venus .8 AU, Earth 1 AU, Mars 1.5 AU, Jupiter 5.2 AU, Saturn 10 AU, Uranus 20 AU, Neptune 30 AU, Pluto 40 AU)
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