David Sang and Darrell Hamilton Solutions for Chapter: Turning Effects, Exercise 1: Exercise 4.1
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Explain how a playground see-saw, like the one in the figure given below, can balance.

A body (object) is in equilibrium. State the resultant force on the body.

A body (object) is in equilibrium. State the resultant turning effect on the body.

The figure shows a wheelbarrow with a heavy load of soil. Add an arrow to show how you could lift the left-hand end of the barrow with the smallest force possible. Remember to indicate clearly the direction of the force.

The figure shows a wheelbarrow with a heavy load of soil.
How do you know that the wheelbarrow is in equilibrium?

In the given diagram shows a beam balanced on a pivot. Add arrows to show the following forces:
A force pressing downwards on the beam that will have the greatest possible clockwise turning effect. Label this force .
A force pressing downwards on the beam that will have an anticlockwise turning effect equal in size to the turning effect of force . Label this force .

In the given diagram shows a beam balanced on a pivot. Add arrows to show the following forces:
A force pressing downwards on the beam that will have the greatest possible clockwise turning effect. Label this force .
A force pressing downwards on the beam that will have an anticlockwise turning effect equal in size to the turning effect of force . Label this force .
What other forces are acting, as well as the force , to keep the beam in equilibrium?

In the given diagram shows a beam balanced on a pivot. Add arrows to show the following forces:
A force pressing downwards on the beam that will have the greatest possible clockwise turning effect. Label this force .
A force pressing downwards on the beam that will have an anticlockwise turning effect equal in size to the turning effect of force . Label this force .
Why can we ignore these in calculating moments about the pivot?
