Is Torque Equal on All Axes When a Rigid Body's Net Force Is Zero?

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Homework Statement


prove that when the net force on a rigid body is zero, the torque about any line perpendicular to the plane of the forces is equal.


Homework Equations


[tex]\tau[/tex]=I[tex]\alpha[/tex]


The Attempt at a Solution


it is known that angular velocity, and hence angular acceleration about any line is the same for a given rotating rigid body.
implies, [tex]\alpha[/tex] is same about all lines.
if we accept the above statement to be true, then I comes out to be equal about every axis, which is a contradiction.
 
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If it's perpendicular the the cross-product will just be tau = |r||F|
 
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