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Chapter 4    Forces, Friction, and Torque (Oh My!)        93




                 9. Turn off the power supply.

                10. Measure the distance from the center of the motor shaft to the location on
                     the screw that your luggage scale was attached.

                11. Multiply the distance you found in step 10 by the force reading you got in
                     step 8, and voila, you have the torque of the motor for a given voltage.
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