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Homework Statement
In an Effort to tighten a bolt, a force F is applied to the end of a wrench that has a length L perpendicular to the wrench. If the bolt itself has a radius of b, how much force is applied to the bolt
Homework Equations
∑τ=RFsinθ ΣF=ma ∑T=Iα
The Attempt at a Solution
I tried summing the torques
∑τ=LF+bF=(I_bolt+I_wrench)α
but the answer choices are
a)F
b)Fb/L
c)FL/b
d)FL/(b+L)
e)bL/F
I'm not even sure how you would solve this to get anything like that or why there is an F in the answer when we're solving for F. My friend says this is a conceptual engineering problems and that c makes sense since the Force is multiplied by the length of the bolt (they are really looking for torque) but divided by the length of the wrench.