Unit 5 Picture

This picture demonstrates a balanced object. The meter stick is placed on the edge of a table with a 100g weight on the end. If you wanted to find the weight of this meter stick you can calculate the torque on one side of the meter stick and then find the force of the meter stick. Torque is the tendency for an object to rotate. Since the meter stick is perfectly balanced we can say that the torque on each side is equal.