Question

Janelle is tightening a bolt on her car, which requires her to twist the bolt clockwise. The wrench she is using has a length of 24 cm. If she pulls on the wrench handle with a force of 16 N, what torque is she exerting on the bolt? Assume that her force is perpendicular to the wrench handle.

Answer 1

Janelle is applying a torque of 3.84 newton-meters to the bolt by pulling on the wrench with a force of 16 N perpendicular to a wrench of length 24 cm.

Step-by-step explanation:

Janelle is exerting torque on a bolt by pulling perpendicular to the wrench handle, which is 24 cm (or 0.24 meters) in length with a force of 16 N.

To calculate the torque, we use the formula Torque = Force x Distance, where the force is perpendicular to the distance.

Torque, in physics, is a measure of the turning force on an object such as a bolt or a flywheel.

For Janelle's situation, the calculated torque is 16 N multiplied by 0.24 m, giving a torque of 3.84 N.m (newton-meters).