Recent content by kevv11

Well, I know that if torque were to be zero in this case, then the force of gravity has to be perpendicular to the axis of rotation... but I can't see it. For example, I drew the person standing straight up on the x-axis (the x-axis being the floor of the Merry Go Round) and I drew the y-axis as...

So, I was reading my textbook in the section regarding net torque, and they gave an example of a seesaw with one person at each end, and they said that there is a net external torque due to the force of gravity on each person. I completely understand that; however, when I was reading another...