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When you use it to pull out a nail, the curved part becomes the fulcrum and the part on the back that you use to pull out the nail and the end you would use to pound the nail in are the two ends of the lever.

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What is a claw hammer is an example of?

Um.. a hammer? Or a lever.


Is a hammer a kind of lever?

Yes, a hammer is a kind of lever. When you swing a hammer, you are using it as a lever to apply force to a particular point. The handle acts as the lever arm to increase the force applied to the head of the hammer.


Is a hammer a wedge or a lever?

A hammer is considered a lever. Remember this by saying, "You can't stick a hammer under a door."


How is a hammer a lever?

A hammer is a lever because when you want to remove a nail it helps to pry it out of the place.


Is a hammer in class lever 1?

A hammer is a class 3 lever. The force, your muscle, is between the fulcrum, your elbow, and the load, the hammer.


What part of a hammer is a simple machine?

it is a lever because it has the effort, fulcrum and load official


What class is a hammer?

A hammer is a class 2 lever


How is a hammer pulling a nail out an example of a lever?

A hammer pulling a nail out is an example of a lever because the hammer acts as the lever, the nail acts as the fulcrum, and the force applied by our hand is the effort. When we apply force to the handle of the hammer, it creates a turning effect that lifts the nail from the surface, similar to how a lever functions.


What Lever class is a hammer?

It depends on which side of the hammer you're using. If you're using the claw part its a class-1 lever, but if you're using the hammer itself, it's a class-3 lever.


A claw hammer is an example of which type of machine?

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A hammer that is pulling a nail out is what type of machine?

A claw hammer


Is the hammer a lever?

Depending on what you are using the hammer for. If the hammer is been used to pull up a nail then yes but if its been used to hammer in a nail then no. For something to be a lever it must have a fulcrum which the curve on the hammer works as as you try to pull out a nail.