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10.6 Exercise 11

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(a) When opening a door, you push on it perpendicularly with a force of 55.0 N at a distance of 0.850 m from the hinges. What torque are you exerting relative to the hinges? (b) Does it matter if you push at the same height as the hinges? There is only one pair of hinges.

OpenStax University Physics Volume 1, 10.6 Torque, exercise 11

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