Physics
Answer
moment of couple
Reason — A couple has both magnitude and direction, making it a vector quantity. Its direction is perpendicular to the plane in which the two forces lie. The magnitude is calculated by multiplying one of the forces with the perpendicular distance between their lines of action.
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