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Torque is the ability of a force to cause a body to rotate
about
a particular axis.
In Figure 8.1, a force, F acts on an object at the
point
B . The object is pivoted so that it rotates about the point,
O . The magnitude of the torque caused by F about the
axis through O is:
= Fl
l = lsin
Note:
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