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A moment of couple has a tendency to rotate the body in an anticlockwise direction. Then the moment of the couple is taken as ______.

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A moment of couple has a tendency to rotate the body in an anticlockwise direction. Then the moment of the couple is taken as ______.

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  • positive

  • negative

  • maximum

  • zero

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Solution

A moment of couple has a tendency to rotate the body in an anticlockwise direction. Then the moment of the couple is taken as positive.

Explanation:

A moment of couple has a tendency to rotate the body in an anticlockwise direction. Then the moment of the couple is taken as positive. This technique is a standard convention in physics; anticlockwise moments are considered positive, while clockwise moments are considered negative.

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Chapter 1: Forces: Turning Forces and Uniform Circular Motion - EXERCISE [Page 12]

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Chapter 1 Forces: Turning Forces and Uniform Circular Motion
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