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Archimedes was a mathematician who lived more than 2000 years ago. He once said “ Give me a place to stand and a place to rest my lever, and I can move the Earth.”What does this mean. Pls help me I don’t
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Archimedes was a mathematician who lived more than 2000 years ago. He once said “ Give me a place to stand and a place to rest my lever, and I can move the Earth.”What does this mean. Pls help me I don’t know the answer and my homework is due tomorrow. sry for being annoying lol I just need the answer.

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He meant... In principle with a large enough lever and a place to stand the strength needed to move something as heavy as earth would be possible. In less words, if you had a huge lever and a lot of strength, pulling the earth is possible.
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