Question

A heavy bank-vault door is opened by the application of a force of 300 N directed perpendicular to the plane of the door at a distance of 0.80 m from the hinges. What is the torque?

300 Nm

240 Nm

375 Nm

120 Nm

Answer 1

The torque would be 240 Nm

Answer 2

The answer is 240 Nm.