Recent content by Dino311

Okay, I have asked a teacher, and he says that occasionally the book switches from counterclockwise as positive to clockwise as positive, so that the answer won't be full of negatives, without first making a note of that change, even though the book mentions several times that clockwise is...

Thank you very much for your help. Unfortunately, my book defines counterclockwise direction as positive, which is why I was thoroughly confused. When I use the right hand rule with the problem I mentioned above, I always wind up pointing into the book and making clockwise motion with curling my...

Here lies my problem, and I wish I had a scanner to depict this, but I will describe it: a horizontal force directed right and is 200N ---------> another horizontal force directed left and is 200N <--------- the perpendicular distance is .2m Now, when I align my hand along either...

Homework Statement This is not a specific homework question, but it is a coursework question. I am having trouble with determining the direction for the moment of a couple. I understand that with couples in general, there is a force negative and a force positive separated by some...