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I'm assuming that you are bringing the situation of seesaw. If I know the point of application of force (i.e the center of mass of that human) sitting on the left side of the seesaw, and if I know the distance between him and the hinge, then one can calculate the torque due to his weight about the hinge.Steve4Physics said:Can I add this...
We are gaining the ability to calculate a torque.
For example, you have a force of 100N acting left. You know both the magnitude and direction.
What torque does this force produce about the origin?
The question can't be answered because you don't know the force's line of action (or, equivalently, you don't know a point in space through which the force acts).
Though I understand what haruspex has mentioned about line of action of force. I still don't really understand, how is that significant in the topic of well of death(having theta = 90 degrees)..?
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