Author Question: How does the fact that the center of gravity of the meter stick, when it is balanced, may not be ... (Read 54 times)

viki · **on:** Jul 28, 2018

How does the fact that the center of gravity of the meter stick, when it is balanced, may not be exactly at the 50-cm point affect your measurements?

Question 2

State the two laws of equilibrium.

janeli1 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

All length measurements will not be correct unless a correction is made. This, in turn,
will give inaccurately calculated torques if the correction is not properly made.

Answer to Question 2

An object is in equilibrium when (1) the sum of all forces acting on the object is zero
and (2) the sum of all torques acting on the object is zero.