this weekend i went to the mall. it was super crowded, and i was forced to park in a very tight space. While turning my steering wheel left and right as i maneuvered into the stall i noticed that every time i turned the wheel, physics was taking place!! I remembered the lesson i had learned the day before about torque. Torque causes my wheel to change its state of rotation and allows me to steer the car. By turning the steering wheel, the torque caused angular acceleration, or a change in angular velocity. The equation for torque is torque=(force)(lever arm). The lever arm is the distance from the axis to the force. In this case, the axis is the middle of the steering wheel near the toyota symbol, and the force is my hand. Physics is great!!!
