Why is the mechanical advantage of the lever of second order alway greater than one?

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In second class lever, the load is situated in between effort and fulcrum. Hence , the effort arm is bigger than the load arm. Since MA = Effort arm/Load arm MA is always greater than 1. In other words a class 2 lever always acts as a force multiplier that is a less effort is needed to overcome a large load

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