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Lesson: Chapter 11 — Turning Effect of a Force

11.1. Moment of a force 5 of 16

Question 5

What is the unit of the moment of a force?

The right answer is the one marked above.

N m. Force is measured in newtons and distance in metres, and since the moment is the product of the two, its unit is the product of the two as well.

N/m is an entirely different quantity. What sits between the units is a multiplication, not a division, so write it N m with a space.

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