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What change can be brought about in this lever to increase its mechanical advantage?

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What change can be brought about in this lever to increase its mechanical advantage?

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Solution

Move the fulcrum closer to the load. This increases the effort arm relative to the load arm, so the mechanical advantage (effort arm ÷ load arm) increases.

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Chapter 3: Machines - EXERCISE-1 [Page 51]

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Goyal Brothers Prakashan A New Approach to ICSE Physics [English] Class 10
Chapter 3 Machines
EXERCISE-1 | Q 17. (b) | Page 51
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