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What do you understand by the clockwise and anticlockwise moment of force? When is it taken positive?
What do you understand by the clockwise and anticlockwise moment of force? When is it taken positive?
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Conventionally, if the effect of the body is to turn in anticlockwise, the moment of force is called anticlockwise moment and it is taken positive. If the effect of the body is to turn it clockwise the moment of force is called clockwise moment and it is taken negative.
Conventionally, if the effect of the body is to turn in anticlockwise, the moment of force is called anticlockwise moment and it is taken positive. If the effect of the body is to turn it clockwise the moment of force is called clockwise moment and it is taken negative.
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