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Grade 11Modern Physics

Archimedes saygive me a place to stand and I Wii move the earth Meaning of this statement.

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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9 Years ago
Actually archimedes understood the concept of leverage he very well know that by increasing the distance between fulcrum and point where we apply force any load can be easily lift off so by saying above statement he meant he can even lift off earth if he got such distance between fulcrum and ppint of application of force