Horizontal Beam#

A horizontal beam of length $L=params.L$ $\mathrm{m}$ and mass $M=params.M$ $\mathrm{k}\mathrm{g}$ has a mass $m=params.m$ $\mathrm{k}\mathrm{g}$ and width $w=params.w$ $\mathrm{m}$ sitting at the end of the beam (see the following figure).

Part 1#

What is the torque $\tau$ of the system about the support at the wall?

Answer Section#

Please enter a numerical value in $\mathrm{N}\cdot \mathrm{m}$.

Attribution#

Problem is from the OpenStax University Physics Volume 1 textbook, licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 license.