Equilibrium of Non-Concurrent Forces Lab

1. What are the two conditions for equilibrium of a rigid body? How would this experiment demonstrate their validity?

2. In part 3, you can calculate the moment of the known mass and use that to determine the unknown mass, but explain how the unknown mass can be determined without directly calculating the torque (hint: use ratios).

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Mike Baxter

2 April, 18:53

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Scarlett Solomon · Answer 1

1) Translational equilibrium (Net force = 0) and rotational equilibrium (net torque=0)

2) m1/m2=r2/21