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MA seconds class lever always more than 1​

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It is highly helpful to know that the mechanical advantage (M.A.) of Class two levers is usually greater than one. It is because the overall length of the Effort Arm is higher than the overall length of Load Arm. It is easily known by MA is effort arm/load arm.

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The mechanical advantage of a lever of the second order is always greater than one because its effort arm is always longer than the load arm i.e. Effort arm > Load arm.

Second class lever has mechanical advantage always more than one as load is in between fulcrum and effort making the effort arm longer than the load arm.

First Class Lever -- the effort and the load on either side of the fulcrum. Some examples would be a crowbar or a seesaw. The effort is only less than the load if the load is closer to the fulcrum. The lever then acts as a force magnifier and the mechanical advantage is greater than one.
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