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Depending on how it is used:

A wedge: to spear, or slide under food, in preparation for picking it up;

A Lever: when using it to actually pick the food up.

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15y ago

a fork is a lever. There is a load end (where the food sits), a fulcrum or pivot (the finger the fork rests on) and the force (the finger that pushes down on the top of the fork to hold it level)

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15y ago

Haha.

I'm glad you asked.

The answer is: A Wedge.

Reason/Definition:Wedge: A wedge is a simple machine that is really a type of inclined plane in a type of way I can't explain.

How a 'Wedge' works: Wedges are used to cut other objects such as; Fruits, veggies, or even plastic. It actually depends

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7y ago

The cutting edge would be classified as a wedge and the handle would be classified as a lever, making it a complex machine.
A knife is a wedge. A knife is an example of the simple machines known as wedges.

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12y ago

there is a wedge (in the blades) an screw (in the screw used to hold peices together) and a 1st class lever (the piviot on the screw aka the fulcrum) I think that's it.

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9y ago

A knife as a simple tool is a lever. Specifically, it acts as a second class lever.

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6y ago

A knife is actually a compound machine as it is both a wedge (the cutting edge) and a lever (as it is normally used in cutting things).

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9y ago

It is a lever, with the pivot point being the fulcrum and the fingers being at one end of the lever.

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12y ago

A Wedge

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