The statement --- if forces acting on a point can be represented in magnitude and direction by the sides of a polygon taken in order then their resultant will be represented in magnitude and direction by the closing side of the polygon taken in opposite order ---- is known as

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• When two forces acting at a point are such that if the direction of one is reversed, the direction of the resultant is turned through a right angle, the forces must be
• The statement the resultant of the external forces applied to a body (rigid or non-rigid) composed of a system of particles is equivalent to the vector summation of the effective forces acting on all particles-is known as
• When all the forces acting on a body lie in one plane and their lines of action meet at one point, the forces
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• A couple consists of a force P acting at a point A whose coordinates are (-1,2,4) m and force - F acting at a point whose coordinates are (2,3, -2)m. If F = 3i + 2j - 4k in kg units the moment of the couple in kg - m units would be
• The statement ---- if three forces acting at a point are in equilibrium, each force is proportional to the sine of the angle between the other two ---- is known as
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• A number of forces acting at a point will be in equilibrium if
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• Three forces A, B and C of magnitudes 8 N, 12 N and 20 N acting on a particle are in equilibrim. It can be concluded that