Which one of the following expressions represents the torque of a force acting at a…

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Problem

Which one of the following expressions represents the torque

\vec{\tau}

of a force

\vec{F}

acting at a point whose position vector relative to the origin is

\vec{r}

? (a)

\vec{F}\times\vec{r}

(b)

\vec{r}\cdot\vec{F}

(c)

\dfrac{\vec{r}\times\vec{F}}{|\vec{r}|}

(d)

\vec{r}\times\vec{F}