Learn how to use force diagrams to analyze the forces and torques acting on a rigid system. Explore how force and torque can lead to rolling in different situations.

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Examine how torque in rotational motion is analogous to force in linear motion. Learn how torque relates to force, position, and angle, and how force diagrams can be used to analyze forces …

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An introduction to torque, a force that causes rotation. Understand how torque is calculated as the product of force and distance, and how it differs from work.

A Ferris wheel is modeled below. Passenger cabins hang from the wheel at rest. Four of the cabins are labelled. Assume all of the cabins are empty and have the same mass. From …

Review the concept of torque and how it is affected by the applied force and lever arm.

Let's take our new formula, torque is F R sine theta, and let's say there was a force applied right here. And let's say you were given these distances here and we want to figure out how much …

Even if it is exerting a million pounds or a million Newtons, its moment of force, or its torque, would be zero because its moment arm distance is zero, so we can ignore it, which makes …