Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 10 - Section 10.3 - Rotational Inertia and the Analog of Newton’s Law - Got It? - Page 178: 10.5

Answer

a)

Work Step by Step

The net torque on the vertical section is greater. After all, if this were not the case, there would be nothing causing the pulley to rotate in the clockwise direction.
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