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Jean, I highly appreciate your intricate reply. I will start by saying that indeed my ability to explain this problem is limited by an incomplete formal education on the subject of mechanical engineering, to which I soon hope to satisfy time permitting. In the meantime this question I've...

Hello. Attached is an image of a simple lever with a two weights 13 lb and 1.5 lb on a lever weighing 12 lb. I've calculated the center of gravity of the entire thing to be 54.62" from left. What I am trying to figure out is the weight of the far right-hand end of the lever when the fulcrum is...