Q.1.
What is a moment?
Q.2.
What is the formula for the size of a moment?
Q.3.
What does d in the above equation stand for?
Q.4.
Q.5.
What is the size of a moment if F = 10 N and d = 125 cm?
Q.6.
A see-saw is balanced on a pivot with two children on it. One child is sitting 1.5 m to the left of the pivot and has a mass of 50 kg. Another child of mass 30 kg is sitting on the right hand side of the pivot. What distance away from the pivot is the child on the right of the pivot?
Q.7.
What is the force that creates a moment of 10 N m when it is applied 0.25 m from the pivot?
Q.8.
If the point of application of the force was moved further away from the pivot, what would be the effect on the moment?
Q.9.
A plank of wood is balanced on a pivot. One mass of 10 kg is then placed 1 m to the left of the pivot on the wood. What weight needs to be placed 0.5 m to the right of the pivot for the wood to still be balanced?
Q.10.
Which of the following is an example of the principle of moments being utilized?