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Lesson: Chapter 12 — Equilibrium of Forces

12.2. Equilibrium under two forces 6 of 8

Question 6

Two equal and opposite forces are applied to a body, but they act along two different lines. What happens?

The right answer is the one marked above.

The body turns. This is the couple met in chapter 11 — it turns the body without taking it anywhere.

The trap is reading "equal and opposite" as equilibrium. The third condition — one and the same line of action — is not satisfied, so it is not equilibrium.

Answer the question to continue.