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By using leverage, it allows you to lift a 1 or 2 ton car. Have you tried lifting a car by hand without a jack? And you DO need to lift the car to change a tire.

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A smaller force is applied by the hand over a greater distance, exerting a greater force on the car through a shorter distance

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