Why are the resulting moment and force vectors collinear?

In summary, the speaker is asking for an explanation as to why the resulting moment vector is stated to be collinear with the force vector. They also share their method for solving such problems and ask for clarification on what they may be doing wrong. The other person explains that the moment of the wrench always lies on the same central axis as the resultant force and that finding the wrench means finding an axis where the perpendicular component of the moment is zero.
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hello,

I would like you to take a look at the picture below. My question is why it is states that de resulting moment vector is collineair with the force vector...

This is my method to solve this kind of problems:
*determine the moment about the three axis => than we now the 3 components of the resulting moment vector
*determine the resulting force vector
* definiton of moment = vector product = rxM , with r the position (x;y)

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What do I do wrong?

thank you vm !
 
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someone can give an explanation ?

thank you vm
 
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The moment of the wrench always lies on the same central axis as the resultant force.
The wrench can be applied when FR[tex]\bullet[/tex]M[tex]\neq[/tex]0. That practically means that FR is never perpendicular to moment.
Finding the wrench means to find an axis at which the perpendicular component of moment is zero (so we are only left with the parallel component).
 

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