YOUR ASSIGNMENT:
Balance Your Fun!
You and your friend see kids playing on a seesaw. The two kids are balancing without their feet
touching the ground. Your friend says that there is no way that a mother and daughter could do
the same thing. You are not sure if that is true. Use what you know about the different types of
variation to figure out how a mother and child could balance. Use the Le
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YOUR ASSIGNMENT:
Balance Your Fun!
You and your friend see kids playing on a seesaw. The two kids are balancing without their feet
touching the ground. Your friend says that there is no way that a mother and daughter could do
the same thing. You are not sure if that is true. Use what you know about the different types of
variation to figure out how a mother and child could balance. Use the Lever Tool to verify the
data, and then use what you know about variation to model the relationship between weight and
distance from the fulcrum.
1. Use the Lever Tool to verify each weight and distance pair given in the video for your seesaw.
Write the values in the table below. (Note: The pan on the lever weighs 100 units!) (1 point)
A:
Weight Distance
720 125
750 120
900 100
1000 90
1200 75
B:
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