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progval
on Feb 12, 2020
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Torque = distance×force, so force = torque/distance, so force is linear in 1/distance.
roel_v
on Feb 13, 2020
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Thanks, that makes sense. Once you start thinking about it, it's obvious (e.g. F can never go to 0), turns out I've always had a wrong mental model of how the length of a lever influences the torque (beyond 'longer lever = more torque' of course).
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