Examine the figure given below and answer the questions that follow.

What type of lever does the diagram depict?

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Solution

Here in the given diagram, the fulcrum is between load and effort (force applied).
Therefore it is a first-order lever.
Sea saw, crowbar, and scissors are examples of a first-order lever.

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