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Hello, I've seen a similar problem posted here but the answer to my question was not included. The details of my problem are not so important as I do not require a solution, just help in one aspect of the problem: finding the fulcrum in order to calculate torques to balance each other (in...

Okay, that makes sense. Thanks so much. Just for clarification, I should take this to mean that for any case where a part of a system accelerates but is not released (ie if somehow rocket exhaust gases were released into a compartment of the rocket itself and not into space), there will be no...

Homework Statement Will a skateboarder (initially at rest) experience recoil if he accelerates a ball as if about to throw but does not release the ball? Homework Equations pinitial=pfinal when not external forces The Attempt at a Solution I am confused with how to apply the...