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Author: KRAUSKOPF, Konrad B.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Higher Education (us)
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Chapter 3, Problem 29MC
A person uses a force of 300 N to pry up one end of a 120-kg box using a lever 2.4 m long. The distance from the end of the box to the fulcrum is
- a. 40 cm
- b. 49 cm
- c. 81 cm
- d. 171 cm
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