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प्रश्न
Give one example of a class I lever where mechanical advantage is more than one ?
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उत्तर
More than one: shears used for cutting the thin metal sheets .
संबंधित प्रश्न
State the principle of a lever?
shows a nut cracker name the class of lever ?
The lever for which the mechanical advantage is less than 1 has :
A 4 m long rod of negligible weight is to be balanced about a point 125 cm from one end and a load of 18 kgf is suspended at a point 60 cm from the support on the shorter arm.
- If a weight W is placed at a distance of 250 cm from the support on the longer arm to balance the rod, find W.
- If a weight 5 kgf is kept to balance the rod, find its position.
- To which class of lever does it belong?
Give three examples for leavers of the third order.
Which class of lever found in the human body is being used by a boy when he holds a load on the palm of his hand.
The following belong to which class of lever?
A fire tongs
The diagram below shows a lever in use.

(i) To which class of lever does it belong?
(ii) If FA = 40 cm, AB = 60 cm, then find the mechanical advantage of the lever.
The diagram shows the use of a lever.

- State the principle of moments as applied to the above lever.
- Which class of lever is this? Give an example of this class of lever.
- If FA = 100 cm, AB = 90 cm, calculate the minimum effort required to lift the load.
A crowbar of length 100 cm is used to lift a load of 5 kgf. It has its fulcrum at a distance of 20 cm from the load. Calculate:
(i) the mechanical advantage of a crowbar and,
(ii) the effort applied at the other end.
