In Section 8.6, it was asserted that the sum of all the internal torques (i.e., the torques due to internal forces) acting on a rigid object is zero. The figure shows two particles in a rigid object. The particles exert forces and on each other. These forces are directed along a line that joins the two particles. Explain why the torques due to these two forces must be equal and opposite even though the forces are applied at different points (and, therefore, possibly at different distances from the axis).

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