Work done by torque on a wrench with a nut

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The Attempt at a Solution


If a force a F acts on the farther end of the wrench, the torque due to it Fl where l is the length of wrench. The work done by this torque for one full turn is Fl*(2##\pi##)
For wrench A, l=10 cm, and for wrench B, l=20cm.
Therefore the ratio of work done is 0.5. But this is wrong. :confused:
I don't understand why they have given the radius of the nut. I haven't used this information and I have no idea about where to use this.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
 

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If a force F is required to tighten the nut using the 10 cm wrench, what force is required with the 20 cm one?
 
Doc Al said:
Right.

But what next? Does that mean the ratio is 1?
 
Pranav-Arora said:
But what next? Does that mean the ratio is 1?
That's what I would say.
 
Doc Al said:
That's what I would say.

Thanks a lot Doc Al! :smile: