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Levers
Santiago Vergara - Coggle Diagram
Levers
Santiago Vergara
What are they?
Levers are normally used to make physical work easier, for example, tomake it easier to move something that is heavy, or to move something quickly
Levers are a rigid part used to transfer a force to a load and usually to provide a mechanical advantage.
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Types of levers
First Class
When the fulcrum is below the lever in the middle, and the effort and load are distributed along the edges of the lever
Second class
When the load is on top of the lever centered,and the flucrum and effort are below the lever distributed in the edges
Third class
When the load is on top of the lever in one edge and the fulcrum is onn the oposite edge but below of the lever. Finally, the effort is applied below the lever on the middle.
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