Why does a Lever of the third order have a mechanical advantage of less than 1?

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Explanation
In the third-order lever, the effort Lies Between fulcrum and load
It has a mechanical advantage of less than 1 because the effort arm is shorter than the load arm
$M e c h a n i c a l a d v a n t a g e = \frac{e f f o r t a r m}{L o a d a r m}$
As the numerator is less than the denominator therefore the mechanical advantage gets less than 1.

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