Moment of a Force
 

Moment of a Force problem 17


A car driver needs to remove one of the wheels on his car. He puts a spanner on a wheel nut and applies a force of a shown below.




However, the moment produced by the force does not release the wheel nut. The driver cannot increase the force but can increase its moment. State and explain how the driver can increase the moment of the force.


 

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