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Thanks for the replies so far. The tau symbol is torque but I made a mistake in the second integral, it should have been with respect to the angle d theta. The units should match now. I also forget to include the brackets to show that this is the z component of tau (i.e. the magnitude of the...

Hi everyone, I was watching an MIT OpenCourseWare video where the lecturer describes the problem of a rulers motion on a frictionless surface after being subjected to a 'short' impulse orthogonal to the long axis of the ruler. (sorry as a new user I can't post images, youtube 'MIT torque...