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    Calculating Torque for Parliament Clock Tower Hands at 3:01

    In the end I ended up getting those torques, thank you to everyone for your help and input!
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    Calculating Torque for Parliament Clock Tower Hands at 3:01

    I put in -345 , 655 and 345 and all of them were wrong so far
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    Calculating Torque for Parliament Clock Tower Hands at 3:01

    So what would I do with the 500 and 155? I added them together and it was wrong do it take 500-155 or 155-500?
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    Calculating Torque for Parliament Clock Tower Hands at 3:01

    155+ 500 =650Nm 600-144 = 345Nm that's how i got those answers
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    Calculating Torque for Parliament Clock Tower Hands at 3:01

    (360 deg/rev) / [12hr * 60 min/hr/rev] = 0.5° / min Th = mg(l/2)cosθ Th = 60(9.81)(1.7/2)cos(-0.5) Th =500 Nm 360 deg/rev / 60 min/rev = 6 degrees/min 90 - 6 = 84° from horizontal Tm = mg(l/2)cosθ Tm = 89(9.81)(3.4/2)cos84 Tm = 155 Nm
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    Calculating Torque for Parliament Clock Tower Hands at 3:01

    I have attempted this a few times, I got these answers--- 655.44N and 345.144N If anyone can solve this for me it would be appreciated The hour and minute hands of the clock in the famous Parliament Clock Tower in London are 1.7 m and 3.4 m long and have masses of 89 kg and 60 kg...
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    What forces act on the suspended mass and is it in motion?

    I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this A light string has its ends tied to two walls separated by a distance equal to 7L/8 the length of the string. A 95 kg mass is suspended from the center of the string, applying a tension in the string. What is the tension in the two strings...