For a system in mechanical equilibrium,
A) the resultant torques must be zero.
B) the resultant forces and torques must both be zero.
C) the resultant forces and torques must be equal.
D) the resultant force must be zero.

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For a system to be in mechanical equilibrium, both the resultant forces and torques acting on the system must be zero. This ensures that the system is neither translating nor rotating.

For a System in Mechanical Equilibrium