Question Number 32075 by NECx last updated on 19/Mar/18
$${A}\:{rigid}\:{uniform}\:{bar}\:{of}\:{length}\:\mathrm{2}.\mathrm{4}{m} \\ $$$${is}\:{pivoted}\:{horizontally}\:{at}\:{its}\:{mid}-{point}. \\ $$$${Weights}\:{are}\:{hung}\:{from}\:{two}\:{points} \\ $$$${of}\:{the}\:{bar}\:{such}\:{that}\:{a}\:\mathrm{200}{N}\:{is}\:{at} \\ $$$${the}\:\mathrm{0}.\mathrm{4}{m}\:{mark}\:{and}\:{a}\:\mathrm{300}{N}\:{is}\:{at} \\ $$$$\mathrm{1}.\mathrm{6}{m}\:{mark}.{To}\:{maintain} \\ $$$${horizontal}\:{equilibrum}\:{a}\:{couple}\:{is} \\ $$$${applied}\:{to}\:{the}\:{bar}.\:{What}\:{is}\:{the} \\ $$$${torque}\:{and}\:{direction}\:{of}\:{the}\:{couple}? \\ $$
Commented by NECx last updated on 19/Mar/18
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