yes For this different question moments.doc the answer says anticlockwise, but i thought it would be clockwise ?? so im still confused
P is the stationary point, the centre about which the force forms a moment. Compare the direction the arrow is going relative to that centre with my two previously posted diagrams.
Another viewpoint. If you can imagine sitting at the point P, and watching the arrow go past; if it goes from left to right, it's clockwise, if it goes from right to left it's anticlockwise.
P is the stationary point, the centre about which the force forms a moment. Compare the direction the arrow is going relative to that centre with my two previously posted diagrams.
Another viewpoint. If you can imagine sitting at the point P, and watching the arrow go past; if it goes from left to right, it's clockwise, if it goes from right to left it's anticlockwise.
hmm...so is it just a matter of looking at whether the arrow is facing upwards or downwards and does have anything to do with the point P ..this is really hard for me to understand
hmm...so is it just a matter of looking at whether the arrow is facing upwards or downwards and does have anything to do with the point P ..this is really hard for me to understand
NO. It's not a question of up or down. Obviously my attempt at representing it a different way, hasn't helped. I'll do a another diagram, but it will take a few minutes.
NO. It's not a question of up or down. Obviously my attempt at representing it a different way, hasn't helped. I'll do a another diagram, but it will take a few minutes.