04 Nov
Archimedes' Law of the Lever
Two material points are in equilibrium if their distances from the fulcrum are inversely proportional to their weights. This is known as the Law of the Lever. The law serves as an engaging exercise for finding the greatest common divisor of two integers. Its proof by Archimedes is a captivating example - accessible in middle school - of ingenuity that makes the complicated transparent.
Archiemedes' Law of the Lever.
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