Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 11 - Rotational Dynamics and Static Equilibrium - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 373: 106

Answer

$962N$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required force as follows: $\tau=0$ $\implies -r_1F_T-r_2Mg+r_3F_B=0$ This can be rearranged as: $F_T=\frac{-r_2Mg+r_3F_B}{r_1}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $F_T=\frac{-(0.1582m)(15.6N)+(0.3282m)(89N)}{0.0278m}$ $F_T=962N$
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