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title: "A meter stick of mass 0.2 kg is pivoted at one end and supported horizontally. A force of 3 N is applied to the free end, perpendicular to the length of the meter stick. What is the net torque about the pivot point? "
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# A meter stick of mass 0.2 kg is pivoted at one end and supported horizontally. A force of 3 N is applied to the free end, perpendicular to the length of the meter stick. What is the net torque about the pivot point? 

A meter stick of mass \( .2 \) kg is pivoted at one end and supported horizontally. A force of \( 3 \) N downwards is applied to the free end, perpendicular to the length of the meter stick. What is the net torque about the pivot point?

- **A.** 0
- **B.** 1.5
- **C.** 2
- **D.** 3
- **E.** 4

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