Pendulum

A pendulum consists of a rod of mass \({{ params.mr }}\) \(\rm{kg}\) and length \({{ params.lr }}\) \(\rm{m}\) connected to a pivot with a solid sphere attached at the other end with mass \({{ params.ms }}\) \(\rm{kg}\) and radius \({{ params.rs }}\) \(\rm{cm}\).

Part 1

What is the torque \(\tau\) about the pivot when the pendulum makes an angle of \({{ params.theta }}^\circ\) with respect to the vertical?

Answer Section

Please enter a numeric value in \(\rm{N \cdot m}\).

Attribution

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