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Mechanical Advantage. Using a lever of appropriate size you could lift a 500 pound load with just 50 pounds of force. The distance from the weight to the Fulcrum would have to be 1/10th the distance from the Fulcrum to you, pushing down with 50 lbs of Force.

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