got a physics homework problem, who can help me out?
moondog Send a noteboard - 10/04/2011 06:33:44 AM

a 3.40m long, 580kg steel beam extends horizontally from the point where it has been bolted to a building. a 75.0kg person stands at the far end of the beam. what is the magnitude of the torque about the point where the beam is bolted into place?
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got a physics homework problem, who can help me out?
10/04/2011 06:33:44 AM
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my solution -- which is apparently wrong
10/04/2011 06:36:20 AM
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The only thing I see which might affect your results...
10/04/2011 10:58:00 AM
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I also got 12,174 N*m. *NM*
10/04/2011 02:13:24 PM
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"Your answer either contains an incorrect additive numerical constant or is missing one." *NM*
10/04/2011 11:44:49 PM
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Interesting. Did you copy/paste the problem statement for your post? *NM*
11/04/2011 01:49:15 AM
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here's the copy/paste from the site
11/04/2011 02:22:27 AM
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You summed it up well enough. I'm out of ideas. Sorry. If you find out the answer....
11/04/2011 02:50:50 AM
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If this thing works at all like Webassign (an online homework thingy I used to do)...
10/04/2011 08:28:03 PM
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