Question

The couple moment and the force is divided to get the distance of the axis from the point of action of the force.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was addressed to me by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

This interesting question is from Simplification of a Force and Couple System in division Force System Resultants of Engineering Mechanics

Answer 1

Correct answer is (a) True

For explanation: The couple is the cross product of the force and the perpendicular distance between the forces. And if the division of the both is done than the resulting quantity is the distance only. But care must be taken that the product is the cross product and hence sine angle must be divided too to get the distance.