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=====Description===== | |||
With a '''Class 3 Lever''', the '''fulcrum''' ''(or pivot)'' is at one end, the '''load''' is at the other and the '''effort''' is in the middle. | With a '''Class 3 Lever''', the '''fulcrum''' ''(or pivot)'' is at one end, the '''load''' is at the other and the '''effort''' is in the middle. | ||
=====Features and Uses===== | |||
Common examples of Class 3 Levers include: a pair of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweezers tweezers], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_rod fishing rods] and the way certain muscles act on the main limb joints of animal skeltons | Common examples of Class 3 Levers include: a pair of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweezers tweezers], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_rod fishing rods] and the way certain muscles act on the main limb joints of animal skeltons | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:33, 1 June 2016
Description
With a Class 3 Lever, the fulcrum (or pivot) is at one end, the load is at the other and the effort is in the middle.
Features and Uses
Common examples of Class 3 Levers include: a pair of tweezers, fishing rods and the way certain muscles act on the main limb joints of animal skeltons
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