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Curious3
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Hey there, I'm trying to figure out how torque operates in combination and I can't find anything relating to this in any textbooks or online.
So if you a mass held by two strings in equilibrium, the force of gravity is split evenly between them right?
What happens if you have torque instead of a linear force?
A common example I have seen when looking around is that if you have three masses at known distances on a see-saw in equilibrium and you know two of the masses you can solve for the third.
But now what happens if you have a system in equilibrium where you apply a torque on one side of the see saw which is opposed by two forces at different distances on the other?
I came up with a concrete example in the figure below so it is more clear.
Are the forces equal or are the torques equal? Or perhaps neither?
So if you a mass held by two strings in equilibrium, the force of gravity is split evenly between them right?
What happens if you have torque instead of a linear force?
A common example I have seen when looking around is that if you have three masses at known distances on a see-saw in equilibrium and you know two of the masses you can solve for the third.
But now what happens if you have a system in equilibrium where you apply a torque on one side of the see saw which is opposed by two forces at different distances on the other?
I came up with a concrete example in the figure below so it is more clear.
Are the forces equal or are the torques equal? Or perhaps neither?