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leroyjenkens
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Homework Statement
There's a stick with a weight at the end standing straight up and I touch it slightly so it falls over. The stick is massless, the weight is 20kg and the length of the stick is 0.5 meters. How long will it take for the weight at the end to hit the ground?
Homework Equations
[tex]ƩF=\frac{dp}{dt}[/tex]
[tex]Ʃτ=\frac{dL}{dt}[/tex]
The Attempt at a Solution
I don't even know where to begin with this one. This class is horrible. There's no textbook, just examples that aren't similar at all to the problems given on the homework.