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प्रश्न
State one way to decrease the moment of a given force about a given axis of rotation.
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उत्तर १
Either decrease the force or decrease the perpendicular distance of force from the axis of rotation.
उत्तर २
decrease the perpendicular distance of force from axis of rotation.
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