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Why is the door handle on the opposite side of the door to the hinge?
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∙ 13y ago
This is because there is a small input force but in return there is a larger output force. Also because your farther from the fulcrum(door hinges). the door is a simple lever.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agobecause it has more lavage to move across the room and you can push it a lot easier from the handle then the hinges.
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Why are doorknobs far from the hinges?
I found that the first time I put a door Knob on I put itdirectly between the hinges on the hinge side of the door, well after riping 7 doors of the jambs, my 3 year old son who didn't get a birthday present because I had to keep buying new doors and door jambs suggested that the further the knob was across from the hinge the easier the door would be to open as a result of leverage so I put the door knob on the other side of the door just to see if it would work any better well lo and behold it did.
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