If you are trying to loosen a stubborn screw from a piece of wood with a screwdriver and fail, should you find a screwdriver for which the handle is longer or fatter?

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25 September, 15:55

If you are trying to loosen a stubborn screw from a piece of wood with a screwdriver and fail, should you find a screwdriver for which the handle is longer or fatter?

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Arabella Hernandez · Answer 1

A fatter handle. This allows you to provide more torque to the screw, which should eventually loosen it.

Chaya · Answer 2

Answer: longer screwdriver

Explanation:

A longer screwdriver will work because it would increase the torque in loosing the screw

Knowing that torque I the product of weight and distance this mean that the more the distance the more the torque that is required to loosen the stew.