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A mass of 10kg placed 2 metres away from a pivot will have a moment of

  • 196 NM.
  • 150 NM.
  • 980 NM.

Explanation from PART66Online

A moment is force times perpendicular distance, and the force from a mass is its weight, mass times g. So the weight is 10 x 9.8 = 98 N, and the moment is 98 x 2 = 196 Nm. Multiplying the mass directly without converting to weight would be incorrect.

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obrien99 asked · 1 Jun 2013

Is this correct I thought it would have been 20nm

Community Comments (2)

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PART66Online 1 Jun 2013
Hey!

First you must convert 10 kgs to newtons: 10 * 9.81
After that you must multiply result by 2. :)
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azfar92 4 Jun 2013
people seem to confuse with this question..look at the units for the answer given..they want it in Newton metre..so,u need to convert your mass into weight.. weight=mass x 9.81..

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