Physics GCSE
rearranging moments
What rearranging moments means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of rearranging moments
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Making the unknown force or distance the subject of the moment equation after setting the total clockwise moment equal to the total anticlockwise moment.
Topics that use rearranging moments
- Moments, levers and gears (physics only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- balanced beam
- Equilibrium
- gears
- Interaction Pair
- Newton's third law
- normal contact force
- pivot
- principle of moments
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