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If two weights are attached to a balance and the balance is divided between them in such a way that the parts correspond inversely to the weights, they will weigh as much at the points where they are attached as if each were suspended from the point of that division.
PROPOSITION VI
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Equal weights suspended from a balance have heaviness in proportion to the distances at which they are suspended.