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📅 NSB 2019🎓 HS🔄 Round 16#️⃣ Q5🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

Nick, who has a mass of 40 kilograms, is inflating his bike tires with a foot-pedal pump that extends 50 centimeters at a 60-degree incline to the ground. If he steps so that his entire weight acts vertically onto the tip of the pedal, then in newton-meters, what is the magnitude of the initial torque on the pump?

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