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प्रश्न
Give three examples for leavers of the third order.
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उत्तर
Levers of third order:
(i) Cutting bread with a knife.
(ii) A boy writing on a piece of paper
(iii) Forceps
(iv) A fishing rod.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Write down a relation expressing the mechanical advantage of a lever.
The lever for which the mechanical advantage is less than 1 has :
A man uses a crowbar of length 1.5 m to raise a load of 75 kgf by putting a sharp edge below the bar at a distance 1 m from his hand.
- Draw a diagram of the arrangement showing the fulcrum (F), load (L) and effort (E) with their directions.
- State the kind of lever.
- Calculate:
- load arm,
- effort arm,
- mechanical advantage and
- the effort needed.
Define Lever
The following belong to which class of lever?
Wheelbarrow
The following belong to which class of lever?
Nutcracker
In the following diagram of a wheelbarrow, mark the fulcrum (F) and indicate the directions of load (L) and effort (E) with arrows.

What class of lever is it? Give one more example of the same class of lever.
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 lever is used to multiply the force.
