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What do you understand by the clockwise and anticlockwise moment of force? When is it taken positive?
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If the effect on the body is to turn it clockwise, moment of force is called the clockwise moment and it is taken as negative, while if the effect on the body is to turn it anticlockwise, moment of force is called the anticlockwise moment and it is taken as positive.
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