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प्रश्न
Write down a relation expressing the mechanical advantage of a lever.
Write the expression for the mechanical advantage of a lever.
Write a relation expressing the mechanical advantage of a lever.
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उत्तर
M.A. of a lever = `"Load"/"Effort"="Effort arm"/ "Load arm"`
This is the expression of the mechanical advantage of a lever.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Which class of lever will always have MA > 1 and why?
The diagram below shows a lever in use:

- To which class of levers does it belong?
- Without changing the dimensions of the lever, if the load is shifted towards the fulcrum what happens to the mechanical advantage of the lever?
State the principle of a lever?
Draw a diagram of a lever which is always used as a force multiplier. How is the effort arm related to the load arm in such a lever?
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?
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?
Knife
The following belong to which class of lever?
Fore-arm
What is a 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.
