Type 3 Lever/Examples/Arm
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Example of Type $3$ Lever
An arm is an example of a type $3$ lever.
Its fulcrum is the elbow
The effort is the force applied by the muscle
The load is the reaction of the forearm being raised by the muscle.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): lever
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): lever