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Mechanical Advantage in Lever

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The diagram shows a lever in use.
Without changing the dimensions of the lever, if the load is shifted towards the fulcrum what happens to the mechanical advantage of the lever?

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When the load is shifted towards the fulcrum, then less effort is required to lift the load and thus mechanical advantage of the lever increases.

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