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Question
What do you understand by the clockwise and anticlockwise moment of force? When is it taken positive?
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Solution
Clockwise moment of force: When the force moment is moving in a clockwise direction.
Anticlockwise moment: When the force acts in an anticlockwise direction.
The moment of force anticlockwise is positive.
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