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The dead weight at the end of the fulcrum causes rotation of lever about fulcrum.

(a) True

(b) False

I got this question in my homework.

I need to ask this question from Epicyclic-train Dynamometers in chapter Brakes and Dynamometers of Machine Dynamics

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Right option is (b) False

The best I can explain: The reaction effort by the gears acts in the upward direction which has a tendency to rotate the lever about its fulcrum. These upward forces are balanced by the dead weight at the end of the lever.

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