Calculating Moment of Force in Free Body Diagram

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1. See following attatchment

2. Moment of force= (force)*(perpendicular distance) only for scalar problems.



3. Well i know that moments are a cause of roation among a certain point
and when computing equilibrium we have to calculate the moment for every force
on the free body diagram.
we need the magnitude of every force as well as the perpendicular distance from each force to point A. as shown in the problem. but i cannot seem to figure out what equation (s) I need. all i need is a little guidence not the answer. thank you
 

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TheEngineer89 said:
Moment of force= (force)*(perpendicular distance) only for scalar problems.

(What do yo mean by "only for scalar problems" ? :confused:)

This formula should give you the answers for this diagram …

what is worrying you about it? :smile:​
 
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