There will not me external torque acting on the apparatus. Its a closed system. The sources for torque acting on the apparatus will be from the motors attached to the rod and by the tension in the chain. The points of force applied to the rod by the chain will occur at object x (as depiced) but...
Can I get some peoples opinion on this experiment. In this experiment I should clarify. The apparatus is initially at rest. The end spin of the apparatus will be the same in both experiments and in experiment 1 and 2 there will be two sources of torque acting on the apparatus- torque from the...