Scalar quantities
Just have an amount (magnitude)
Vector quantities
Have magnitude and direction
Examples of vector quantities
Weight, acceleration, force and displacement
Examples of scalar quantities
Time, mass, energy and distance
How can an object be in equilibrium
If all forces acting on it are balanced and cancel each other out
What is a moment
The force multiplied by the perpendicular distance from the pivot to the line of action of the force
What is the principle of moments
The sum of the clockwise moments = the sum of the anticlockwise moments
What is centre of mass
Is the single point you can consider all weight acts through