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Simple net torque problem in Physics?

Here is the screenshot.

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2877/screenshot20...

I tried adding 25*8sin40 + 75*10sin30

and i also tired substracting 25*8sin40 from 75*10sin30.

None of them worked. :(

Help?

Thanks in advance

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Okay. So what you need to do is find the net torque.

    So the clockwise torque:

    The force acting perpendicularly to the beam is given by 8sin40

    The radius is 0.25m (You have to write it in metres because the torque has units of Newton metres)

    So, the net CW moment is 0.25*8sin40 = 1.28 Nm

    The anticlockwise torque:

    The force acting perpendicularly to the beam is given by 10sin30

    The radius is 0.75m

    So the net ACW torque is 0.75*10sin30 = 3.75Nm

    So, the net torque is 3.75Nm ACW + 1.28Nm CW

    =3.75Nm ACW - 1.28Nm ACW

    =2.464 Nm ACW

    Since on that screenshot it says 2 significant figures, the answer would in fact be 2.5Nm

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