Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 10 - Rotation - Questions - Page 287: 10a

Answer

We can rank the disks according to the torque about the disk center: $1 = 2 \gt 3$

Work Step by Step

We can write a general expression for the torque about the center: $\tau = r\times F = r~F~sin~\theta$ $r$ is the displacement vector from the center to the point where the force is applied $F$ is the force vector $\theta$ is the angle between these two vectors Note that the angle between the $r$ vector and the $F$ vector is $90^{\circ}$ in each case. On Disk 1 and Disk 2, the force $F$ is applied on the outer edge, while on Disk 3 the force $F$ is applied on the inner edge. We can rank the disks according to the torque about the disk center: $1 = 2 \gt 3$
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