Question

Sanjana weighs 120 pounds and is sitting 8 feet from the centre of a seesaw.If Lata weight 96 pounds how many feet from the centre does she need to sit in order to balance the seasaw

Answer 1

Let X feet from the center she need to.....

As it is clear it is a case of indirect proportion

Ratio of weigh in pounds =inverse ratio of length in feet

So 120:96=x:8

120/96=x/8

By Cross multImplication we get

X= 10 feet

Answer 2

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