Suppose a condition where a scissor has equal effort arm and equal load arm. How will it work ?

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If the scissor has equal effort arm and equal load arm, the Mechanical advantage will be 1. So the effort and load will be same. Very less load is required to cut a paper. Hence very less effort will also be applied.

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