An object with a mass of #6 kg# is hanging from an axle with a radius of #6 m#. If the wheel attached to the axle has a radius of #48 m#, how much force must be applied to the wheel to keep the object from falling?
1 Answer
Nov 9, 2016
The force is
Explanation:
This is a statics problem.
To keep the object from falling, the moment about the center of the axle mus be balanced.
Let the force be
Then the moments are