Question

A 50 g mass is freely hanging from a horizontal meter stick at a distance of 99 cm from the pivot. Calculate the weight force W that the mass exerts on the meter stick? ·Calculate the torque that the weight force exerts about the pivot? 4. What does the pivot exert on the meter stick?

Answer 1

W = 0.49 N

τ = 0.4851 Nm

Force

Step-by-step explanation:

The weight force can be found as:

W = mg

W = (0.05 kg)(9.8 m/s²)

W = 0.49 N

The torque about the pivot can be found as:

τ = W*d

where,

τ = torque

d = distance between weight and pivot = 99 cm = 0.99 m

Therefore,

τ = (0.49 N)(0.99 m)

τ = 0.4851 Nm

The pivot exerts a FORCE on the meter stick because the pivot applies force normally over the stick and has a zero distance from stick.