Beats me. It looks like the 12 N force is tangential to the circle of radius a. Is that the case?aaronb said:
Torque is a measure of the force that causes an object to rotate around an axis. It is calculated by multiplying the force applied to the object by the distance from the axis of rotation to the point of force application.
While force is a vector quantity that describes the push or pull on an object, torque is a vector quantity that describes the rotational effect of a force on an object. Force is measured in units of Newtons, while torque is measured in units of Newton-meters.
The vector product, also known as the cross product, is a mathematical operation that combines two vectors to produce a third vector. It is used to calculate torque, as well as other physical quantities such as angular momentum and magnetic fields.
Torque is calculated by taking the vector product of the force vector and the distance vector from the axis of rotation. This means that the direction of the torque is perpendicular to both the direction of the force and the distance from the axis of rotation.
The right-hand rule is a convention used in torque calculations to determine the direction of the resulting torque vector. It states that if the fingers of your right hand curl in the direction of the force vector, then your thumb will point in the direction of the resulting torque vector.
