Lever Arms

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: Let’s say you had to move the Earth with a lever. Accordingto Archimedes,this is possible if you had a long enough lever. Youcould use the moon as a fulcrum: Calculate how long of a lever youwould need. (It will be gigantic!) Use the followinginformation:

Mass of earth = 5.97 x 1024 kg.

Distance to the moon =384,000 km.

Force you can exert onthe lever: 1000 N

Convert your answer tolight-years: 1 ly = 9.46 x 1012 km.

What equation would I use to answer this, and how would I go aboutdoing it. Thanks!

How big is your answer? Is thereanything that you can compare the size of this lever to?

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