can someone help with a physics question please??? Two rods fixed to the wall at one end have a set of gears meshed between them at the other end, and with a central rod meshed in a common gear in the middle of the two. The central rod has a 80 N.m torque applied to it. My question is will the force acted to create the 80 N.m torque be applied fully to each other road, or will each other gear only receive half the force?

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I'm sorry, I'm just having a lot of trouble visualizing what you're talking about.  Is there a picture you could draw or something to give me a hand?   Or is this a "straight out of the textbook" kind of thing?