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Hold your arm outstretched so that it is horizontal. Estimate the mass of your arm and the position of its center of gravity.
What is the gravitational torque on your arm in this position, computed around the shoulder joint?

Answer :

The gravitational torque on your arm in this position around the shoulder joint  is  mgL/2.

What is torque?

The force that can cause an object to rotate along an axis is measured as torque. An object acquires angular acceleration due to torque.

A vector quantity is a torque. The force acting on the axis determines the direction of the torque vector.

Let the mass of your arm = m.

Length of your arm = L.

If the hand has uniform mass, the position of its center of gravity during it is horizontal is = L/2.

Hence, the torque on your arm in this position around the shoulder joint be =

weight of your hand × the position of its center of gravity with respect to shoulder

= mgL/2

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