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Thinking more widely - bent levers

Physics Narrative for 11-14 Supporting Physics Teaching

Bent levers

This helps you to recognise levers at work in a wider range of contexts.

If you are careful in correctly identifying the length from the pivot to the line where the force is acting, you can design a wider variety of levers. It is not necessary for levers to be straight.

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