A fire tong used to lift the coal from fire is what type of machine?

Inclined plane

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Lever

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Wedge

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Pulley

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Solution

The correct option is B
Lever

A fire tong is the example of a lever. A lever consists of 3 components: load, effort and fulcrum. Here, the person using the fire tong applies effort at the centre for holding the coal piece, load (coal piece) at one end and the legs of tong are rotating about another end, which we call as fulcrum.

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