Question

What quantities determine the torque on an object?

Answer 1

Torque depend on `vecr and vecF`.

Explanation:

Torque equals the vector cross product
`"Torque" = vecr × vecF`
`= r*F*sin theta`

r = distance of point from axis about which we want to calculate
the torque.
F = force
`theta` = the angle between `vecr and vecF`
Torque only depend on these three things. However, we usually have cases where `theta = 90^@`, so `theta` is often ignored.