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If the force applied to a body produces rotational motion in an anticlockwise sense, the moment of the force is considered
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Sign convention used for moment of couple.
When the forces applied to a body rotates the body in the anticlockwise manner, then the moment of force is assumed to be positive. On the other hand, if the rotation takes place in clockwise sense then the moment of force is assumed to be negative.
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