Question

The moment of force of 20 N about a point O is 80Nm. What is the distance of point of application of force about that point?​

Answer 1

Answer:

(1) Moment of force means torque.

τ=force×⊥distance

τ=20×0.5

τ=10N−m

(2) τ=force×distance

τ=5×

100

10

τ=0.5N−m