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Class III levers have mechanical advantage less than one. Then why are they even used as a tool?

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Class III levers have mechanical advantage less than one which means they require a larger effort for a lighter load as well, but here the load arm is longer than the effort arm which results in a gain in speed at the load end due to the larger angular displacement.

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