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Torque is

r X F

meaning that small force applied over a long length can produce huge torque! You can move a huge rock if you use a long enough metal stick for leverage. This is why Archimedes said,

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.

Large angular acceleration due to large torque is then directly result of Euler's equations.




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