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Prove the statement in Section 12.1 that the choice of pivot point doesn't matter when applying conditions for static equilibrium. Figure 12.28 shows an object on which the net force is assumed to be zero. The net torque about the point O is also zero. Show that the net torque about any other point P is also zero. To do so, write the net torque about P as
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