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For the meter stick shown above, the force F1 = 10.0 N acts at 10.0 cm. What is the magnitude of the torque due to F1 about an axis through point A perpendicular to the page? Is the torque clockwise, or is it counterclockwise?

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It's going counterclockwise
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