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Sure, take your forearm, for instance. It is a lever that trades force for speed because the insertion points for the muscles on the bone (effort) are closer to the fulcrum (elbow) than the resistance (your hand). Your muscle contracts a short distance but that is translated to a greater distance at the hand.

A short effort arm and a longer resistance arm gives a lever with a MA < 1

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