Today my uncle came over and tried to fix our door handle. While I was helping him, he asked me to hold one of the screws in place so he could turn it using a screwdriver. This immediately made me think about the force required to turn the nut. T=r x F. This was not the only time this weekend that I thought about torque. In tennis when you hit the ball, you don't want your racket to unintentionally turn on impact otherwise you will mishit it. This depends a lot on the torque of the ball on the racket, and vice versa.
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