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Lesson: Chapter 12 — Equilibrium of Forces

12.2. Equilibrium under two forces 5 of 8

Question 5

Which of these is not one of the three conditions for a body to be in equilibrium under two forces?

The right answer is the one marked above.

They must be perpendicular to each other. Not only is this not a condition — two perpendicular forces can never cancel each other at all.

The other three are exactly the conditions: equal in magnitude, opposite in direction, and along the same line of action.

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