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Lesson: Chapter 11 — Turning Effect of a Force

11.2. Couple of forces 3 of 12

Question 3

Which of these is not a condition for a couple of forces?

The right answer is the one marked above.

The two forces must act along the same line of action. The definition demands the opposite of this — the two lines have to be separated from each other.

Forces along one and the same line cancel completely: no motion and no turning either. The separation is what makes a couple work at all.

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