A rectangular parallelepiped carries three forces shown in fig. Reduce the force system to a resultant force applied at the origin and a moment around origin.

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NOTE: We have to replace by a force and a couple. It means we need to find the Resultant and the total moment about origin.

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$R= 484i + 350j -103k N \\ M = M1 + M2 + M3$

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= $[ i(-412) –j(515) +k(686)] + [ i(0) –j(0) +k(-500)] +[ …

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