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Second- and third-class levers

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Use a rigid weightless bar, a frictionless fixed hinge, vertical forces and a slow small turn from horizontal unless the question asks about limits of this ideal model

The bar has a fixed hinge at Pivot; the person acts at Input to raise Load; the drawing is mirrored compared with some earlier examples

Lever rolesA horizontal rigid bar with a fixed hinge marked Pivot, an input point and a load; from left to right: Load, Input, Pivot; locations only, not a complete force diagram Lever roles. A rigid bar has a fixed hinge marked Pivot. Input marks where a person applies a force to the bar. Load marks the object acted on by the bar. The bar is horizontal. From left to right: Load, Input, Pivot. Locations are shown, not a complete force diagram
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Which class describes this arrangement?