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To prevent the rotation caused by frame, which of the following quantity is added?

(a) Weight at a distance

(b) Weight at the centre

(c) Ball bearings

(d) Welded joints

This question was posed to me in an international level competition.

The above asked question is from Belt Transmission Dynamometer-Froude or Throneycraft Transmission Dynamometer in section Brakes and Dynamometers of Machine Dynamics

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Correct answer is (a) Weight at a distance

The best I can explain: The frame causes a rotation in an anticlockwise direction, to prevent this rotation a weight is added at a certain distance from the shaft.

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