A man ties one end of a strong rope 8.00 m long to the bumper of his truck, 0.500 m from the ground, and the other end to avertical tree trunk at a he

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2021-01-02

A man ties one end of a strong rope 8.00 m long to the bumper of his truck, 0.500 m from the ground, and the other end to avertical tree trunk at a height of 3.00 m. He uses the truck to create a tension of 800 N in the rope. Compute the magnitude of the torque on the tree due to the tension in the rope, with the base of the tree acting as the reference point.
The answer provided by the text is 2280 N. Any ideas how to do this?

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Neelam Wainwright

Neelam Wainwright

Skilled2021-01-03Added 102 answers

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From the data it is clear that distance between the cart and tree is 7.6 m. As we shown in the diagram. Therefore torque in the string is 7.6 m800 N.

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