You hold a 1.80-N softball in your hand as shown in the figure. Consider your forearm and hand to be a uniform rod with a mass of 1.35 kg and the distance between the elbow joint and the ball in your hand is 2L = 30.0 cm. Your biceps exerts an upward force of 13.0 N on the forearm and is attached at a distance of d = 3.20 cm from the elbow. Using the elbow joint as the axis of rotation, determine the magnitude of the net torque acting about the elbow due to the forearm, hand, and ball.

You hold a 1.80-N softball in your hand as shown in the figure. Consider your forearm and hand to be a uniform rod with a mass of 1.35 kg and the distance between the elbow joint and the ball in your hand is 2L = 30.0 cm. Your biceps exerts an upward force of 13.0 N on the forearm and is attached at a distance of d = 3.20 cm from the elbow. Using the elbow joint as the axis of rotation, determine the magnitude of the net torque acting about the elbow due to the forearm, hand, and ball.

College Physics

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168000

Author:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Publisher:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Chapter1: Introduction: The Nature Of Science And Physics

Section: Chapter Questions

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