Classify the following as a lever, a pulley and an inclined plane :(A – InterviewSolution

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Classify the following as a lever, a pulley and an inclined plane :(A wedge, a needle, a staircase, a slide, the wheel of a flagpole, nutcrackers, scissors, an opener, an axe, a crane, a knife)

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Inclined plane	Pulley	Lever
Wedge	Wheel of flagpole	Nutcracker
Needle	Crane	Scissors
Staircase		Opener
Slide
Axe
Knife.

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