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What is Torque?

May 14, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

Torque Objects that rotate experience torque. Objects that rotate turn around some fixed point. When measuring torque, the point of rotation is called the pivot point. Torque is the product … [Read more...]

Filed Under: forces and motion, Physics, torque Tagged With: algebra, merry-go-round, pivot point, see-saw algebra, torque, turning forces

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