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.

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. Learn about the direction of torque and …

Work is a scalar that describes how much energy was transferred to a system and its units are equivalent to Joules. Torque describes a vector of how much twisting action a force puts on a body …

If you apply a force further away from the axis of rotation, the torque will increase. Even though both depend on radius, the torque and moment are completely independent (ex. you can apply the force …

Learn how the distribution of mass can affect the difficulty of causing angular acceleration.

A torque is the rotational equivalent of a force. When a torque is applied to an object it causes the object to rotate. Learn how forces create torques and how to calculate the net torque on a rotating object.

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The torque and the clockwise direction would be one meter times three newtons to find the torque from the three newton force. Plus you wouldn't use two meters for the r of the one newton force.

Remember torque is R times F times sine theta, but let's make it simple. Let's say the angle's 90 so that sine theta will end up being one 'cause sine of 90 is one.

We have the same analogy here. The analog for force in the rotational world is torque, it's obviously this force times the kind of radial, times that radial distance. But if you take torque times how long you're …