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Tangential Variables, Torque and Equilibrium

In this lecture we look at the relationship between angular variables and their linear counterparts. We then introduce the idea that a net torque leads to angular acceleration. When the net force and net torque is zero, then we have neither linear nor angular acceleration. This is known as equilibrium. We do a couple of examples of equilibrium.

The main topics are:

• Tangential Velocity
• Tangential Acceleration
• Centripetal Acceleration
• Torque
• Equilibrium