Now, choose one of the configurations from your lab experiment. Calculate each o

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Now, choose one of the configurations from your lab experiment. Calculate each of the torques involved, but this time, measure the lever arms from the left-hand end of the meter stick (zero cm) rather than from the axis of rotation. Make sure you include ALL the forces/torques and note which are positive and which are negative. Add up all these torques. Does your result at least come close to zero? What can you conclude from this? Was your initial guess correct? (No penalty for not guessing right.)

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Yes, it comes close to zero.

(The diagram not being available, the actual calculations cannot be done)

This concludes that not only mass but how it is distributed (moment of inertia) affects the rotational motion.

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