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Lesson: Chapter 11 — Turning Effect of a Force

11.1. Moment of a force 3 of 16

Question 3

What is the axis of rotation of a door as it swings open?

The right answer is the one marked above.

The vertical line through the hinges. It is the one part of the door that stays still as the door opens, and the line that stays still is the axis of rotation.

The edge carrying the handle travels further than any other part of the door, so it cannot possibly be the axis.

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