When does a body rotate? State one way to change the direction of rotation of a body. Give a suitable example to explain your answer.
When does a body rotate? State one way to change the direction of rotation of a body. Give a suitable example to explain your answer.

When the body is pivoted at a point, a force applied at a suitable position spins the body about the axis passing through the pivoted point.

The point of application of force can be altered to modify the direction of rotation.

The images above demonstrate the anticlockwise and clockwise moments produced in a disc rotated at its center by moving the point of application of force F from A to B, which is a good example to explain.