Posted by Sara on Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 11:22am.
Your answer is incorrect because to failed to include the length of his arm when calculating the torque. Your answer has the dimension of force, not torque.
The factor of 1/2 is correct for the torque due to the weight of his arm, IF the arm has uniform mass per unit length. Most arms do not, but they probably want you to assume that.
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