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  1. Today was an unfortunate day in Physics class. After some bickering over some physics problem between my brother Jason and I, we decided that the only way to properly settle our dispute was to arm wrestle. Unfortunately, he beat me. Although I did not get the victory I deserved, I noticed that arm wrestling has quite a lot of physics to it. When arm wrestling, both people are trying to apply a greater torque than applied by the other person. Since torque equals the force applied times the distance from the point of rotation, the greater the arm length, the greater the applied torque. However, arm length plays a very small factor in terms of who has the advantage in an arm wrestle. According to Zidbits.com, "Stance, muscle density, stabilizer muscles, shoulder muscles, as well as where the specific tendons and muscle fibers attach to the bone are more important, and play a much larger role in arm wrestling. These same attributes are the reason why primates are generally much stronger than humans despite their smaller stature and size." In my opinion, Jason is not the true arm wrestling champion until he beats a primate. You've got a lot of work ahead of you @jcstack6
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