SOLUTION: Calculate the torque about the front support post (B) of a diving board, Fig. 9-42, exerted by a 58 kg person 3.0 m from that post. (Take the positive direction to be clockwise.)

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Question 1107146: Calculate the torque about the front support post (B) of a diving board, Fig. 9-42, exerted by a 58 kg person 3.0 m from that post. (Take the positive direction to be clockwise.)

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T=F%2Ar
T=mgr
T=%2858%29%289.8%29%283%29N-m
Work through the calculation for the answer.