A physical student needs to loosen a large lock bolt. The bolt takes 1500N-m to break free and loosen . The student has a mass of 48Kg , and she has a 0.5 m breaker wrench and three sections of pipe which may be attached to the wrench . The sections extend the wrench by 1m, 2m, and 3 m resectively. Can she loosen the bolt? If so , how ?
(Ignore the mass of the wrench and the pipes)?

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A physical student needs to loosen a large lock bolt. The bolt takes 1500N-m to break free and loosen . The student has a mass of 48Kg , and she has a 0.5 m breaker wrench and three sections of pipe which may be attached to the wrench . The sections extend the wrench by 1m, 2m, and 3 m resectively. Can she loosen the bolt? If so , how ?
(Ignore the mass of the wrench and the pipes)?

anonymous · Answer

please show me the steps it's due today

shamim · Answer

150N-m is a torque. Right?

shamim · Answer

Now the weight of student is =mg=48*9.8N.right?

shamim · Answer

3+0.5=3.5m

shamim · Answer

Applied torque=force*perpendicular distance=48*9.8*3.5=?

anonymous · Answer

cool thank you i did that but i didn't use the gravity 9.81

shamim · Answer

Applied torque is greater than or less than the required trque??