A Machinist is using a wrench to loosen a nut. The wrench is 25.0 cm long, and

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A Machinist is using a wrench to loosen a nut. The wrench is 25.0 cm long, and be exerts a 17.O-N force at the end of the handle at 37° with the handle (Fig. 10.41).
(a) What torque does the machinist exert about the center of the nut?
(b) What is the maximum torque he could exert with tills force, and how should the force be oriented?

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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