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Lesson: Chapter 11 — Turning Effect of a Force

11.2. Couple of forces 11 of 12

Question 11

In which of these does a couple act?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Turning a water tap with two fingers. The fingers push on opposite sides of the tap head in opposite directions — equal in magnitude, opposite in direction, along two different lines.

Opening a door, you apply a single force; the second one comes from the hinge. Only at the tap are both forces supplied by you.

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