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OP9 investigate the law of the lever; recall two everyday applications of levers
equilibrium, the law of the lever, everyday applications of levers
Moment of a force is the product of the force times the distance the force is applied from the fulcrum
The force Mutiplied by the distance
Equilibrium means balanced !
A Lever is a Rigid body free to move about a single point (the fulcrum) which may cause a load to move with an applied force.
Sum of moments Fendt demo http://www.walter-fendt.de/html5/phen/lever_en.htm
- all the masses are the same
- You may only Remove masses
- start on the right hand side
- how can we balance the meter stick,
- what happens next
There are 3 types of lever
The Fulcrum center Lever
Scissors
The Load center Lever
Nutcracker wheelbarrow
The Effort center Lever
A bottle opener is a type of lever, which type of lever is it?
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