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Define torque and show that torque is the product of the magnitude of the force and lever arm of the force.

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Torque is defined as the moment of the force and mathematically, it is given as

If vector F and r lie in the same plane (x- y), then,

Let a force vector F is applied on a particle p at position vector r .F makes an angle of Ψ with the positive x-axis as shown in the fig.

The force vector F can be resolved into two rectangular components along x-axis and y-axis respectively.

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