Draw a Labelled Sketch of a Second Class Lever. Give One Example of Such a Lever.

Question

Draw a labelled sketch of a second class lever. Give one example of such a lever.

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Solution

A labelled diagram of a second class lever is given below. Its example is a nut-cracker.

Second Class Lever

Example of a second class lever (Nut-cracker)

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