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Turning forces
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(b) The drawing shows a thin sheet of card. There are holes in the card at A and B.
Describe how you would find the centre of mass of the sheet of card.
Include a diagram with your answer.
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The diagram shows a painter standing on a plank. The plank rests on two supports.
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(b) The painter moves along the plank away from support A.
State and explain what happens to the moment of his weight about support A.
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A teacher is talking to her class about circular motion. She demonstrates with a bung fastened to
a piece of rubber tubing that she swings around in a horizontal circle.
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(b) What will happen to the centripetal force if the teacher:
(i) uses a bung with a smaller mass?
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(ii) swings the bung more slowly?
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(iii) swings the bung on a shorter piece of tubing?
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(c) In each case in part (b) she keeps all the other variables constant, apart from the variable
under investigation.
(i) What do we call the variables that are kept constant in an investigation?
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(ii) What is the general name for the variable under investigation?
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