The steering wheel of a certain vehicle has a diameter of 34.6 cm, and it turns a shaft that is 8.9 cm in diameter. If a 94.8 N force is needed to turn the steering wheel, what torque is exerted on the wheel

Answer: 164Nm

Explanation: the torque exerted on the wheel is given by the expression

Torque=force*radius (of steering wheel)

Given force = 94.8N

Diameter of wheel=34.6cm

Radius = 34.6/2 = 17.3cm

to metre 17.3/10 = 1.73m

Torque = 94.8*1.73

=164Nm