Question

When a rope is wrapped around a wheel (or pulley) and pulled, the lever arm is the ________ Blank 1 of the wheel and the angle between this and the force is ALWAYS ________ degrees. Blank 2

Answer 1

Answer:

the DISTANCE between the lever arm and the force is always 90º

Explanation:

In this exercise, you are asked to complete the missing words so that the phrase makes sense.

note that the torque is

              τ = F x r

where bold indicates vectors

When the rope is pulled, the DISTANCE between the lever arm and the force is always 90º