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Mechanical advantage of a lever is defined as which ratio?
ASum of load and effort
BLoad divided by effort
CLoad times effort
DEffort divided by load
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Load divided by effort
Mechanical advantage is F1/F2, the load over the effort, which also equals effort arm over load arm.
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