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Tongs can indeed be considered an example of a second-class lever. In a second-class lever, the load is situated between the effort (or force applied) and the fulcrum.
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What class of lever is a hole punch?
If you have the fulcrum ( unmoveable pivot point) between your hand and the object you are prying, it is a 1st class. If the end of the pry bar is wedged into a fulcrum and you are trying to move something between the end of the bar and your hand, it is a 2nd class. My class used a pry bar as " a classic example of a 1st class lever"....sometimes true, but very common to use it as a 2nd class as well ( e.g. moving an alternator, etc...)
Is a light switch a 2nd class lever?
It depends on the exact construction of the switch in question. Some are first class, some are second class, and some aren't levers at all.
What is some information about levers?
Well Levers are a simple machine that was created by someone special. Levers help us make work easier. GO LEVERS!!!! Well Levers are a simple machine that was created by someone special. Levers help us make work easier. GO LEVERS!!!!I always found it interesting that there are three classes of levers:1st class: The exerted force (Fe) is on the opposite side of the fulcrum (F)of the resulting force (Fr). For example, a pry bar.Fe-----F-----Fr2nd class: For example, a wheelbarrow:F-----Fr-----Fe(the fulcrum is the wheel)3rd class: For example a baseball batFr-----Fe-----F(the fulcrum is your hand)A fingernail clipper is a compound lever. It has a 2nd class and a 3rd class.A see-saw provides good fun. Although you might not think so your knives, forks and spoons are levers. You have the brake and gear change levers on a cycle. You might not be aware that there are three basic types of levers. Many switches are levers. Your own body has quite a few "bone" levers. When you flick a small ball of paper by using your ruler you are using a lever. You use a lever called a spoon to stir with. A bedroom door is a lever, as are most hinged things.Increasing force by mechanical advantage.>Mechanical advantage = distance moved by input / distance moved by output>Output force = input force * mechanical advantage>Force * distance = work done>(Input) force * distance = (Output) force * distance
What class of lever is your arm?
Arm is the example of 2nd class lever.
What class lever is your arm?
Arm is the example of 2nd class lever.
What is the definition of the three types of lever?
The three types of levers are the 1st class, the 2nd class, and the 3rd class
What is an example of a 2nd class lever?
A few examples are...... nutcrackers papercutter a wheelbarrel
What class of lever is a hole punch?
If you have the fulcrum ( unmoveable pivot point) between your hand and the object you are prying, it is a 1st class. If the end of the pry bar is wedged into a fulcrum and you are trying to move something between the end of the bar and your hand, it is a 2nd class. My class used a pry bar as " a classic example of a 1st class lever"....sometimes true, but very common to use it as a 2nd class as well ( e.g. moving an alternator, etc...)
What type of levers do you have in a house?
you have lots of lever in your house, like a light switch, or a mouse trap! it all depends on if you need 1st 2nd or 3rd class levers.
Is a light switch a 2nd class lever?
It depends on the exact construction of the switch in question. Some are first class, some are second class, and some aren't levers at all.
What is some information about levers?
Well Levers are a simple machine that was created by someone special. Levers help us make work easier. GO LEVERS!!!! Well Levers are a simple machine that was created by someone special. Levers help us make work easier. GO LEVERS!!!!I always found it interesting that there are three classes of levers:1st class: The exerted force (Fe) is on the opposite side of the fulcrum (F)of the resulting force (Fr). For example, a pry bar.Fe-----F-----Fr2nd class: For example, a wheelbarrow:F-----Fr-----Fe(the fulcrum is the wheel)3rd class: For example a baseball batFr-----Fe-----F(the fulcrum is your hand)A fingernail clipper is a compound lever. It has a 2nd class and a 3rd class.A see-saw provides good fun. Although you might not think so your knives, forks and spoons are levers. You have the brake and gear change levers on a cycle. You might not be aware that there are three basic types of levers. Many switches are levers. Your own body has quite a few "bone" levers. When you flick a small ball of paper by using your ruler you are using a lever. You use a lever called a spoon to stir with. A bedroom door is a lever, as are most hinged things.Increasing force by mechanical advantage.>Mechanical advantage = distance moved by input / distance moved by output>Output force = input force * mechanical advantage>Force * distance = work done>(Input) force * distance = (Output) force * distance
Can opener is example of which class lever?
2nd class lever
What class of lever is your arm?
Arm is the example of 2nd class lever.
What class lever is your arm?
Arm is the example of 2nd class lever.
What is 1st 2nd and 3rd class levers?
Class-I . . . Effort and resistance on opposite sides of the fulcrum. Class-II . . . Both on the same side of the pivot, resistance closer to it. Class-III . . . Both on the same side of the pivot, effort closer to it.
Are levers 1st class or 2nd or 3rd?
Levers can be all of them. A first class lever is when the pivot (funcrum) is in the middle. A second class lever has the load (resistance) in the middle, and the third class lever has the effort (force) in the middle. For example, a see-saw is a first class lever because the fulcrum is the in middle. A exmaple for a second class lever would be a can opener because the load, the can, is in the middle. And last, the thrid class lever is a arm because the effort is in the middle, because your elbow gives the effort to move the arm.
What are second class levers?
The examples of levers of second class are :--A bottle openerOrange squeezeretc.wheelbarrowdoornutcracker
