Torque

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Important Questions on Torque

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A 100 kg cubical box lies on a floor. A child pushes horizontally at a top edge. What force magnitude puts the box on the verge of tipping over if there is sufficient friction between it and the floor to prevent sliding?

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A 60 kg father and 20 kg child sit on opposite ends of a seesaw consisting of a board of length 4.0 m and negligible mass. The pivot can be placed anywhere between the father and the child. At what distance from the child should it be placed so that the seesaw is balanced when the father and child are stationary?

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The body in the figure shown below is pivoted at O. Three forces act on it, 

FA=12 N at the point A, 8.0 m from O,

FB=14 N at the point B, 4.0 m from O and

FC=23 N at the point C, 3.0 m from O

What is the net torque about O?

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The body in the given below figure is pivoted at O and two forces act on it as shown. If r1=1.30 m, r2=2.15 m, F1=4.20 N, F2=4.90 N, θ1=75.0° and θ2=60.0°, what is the net torque about the pivot?

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