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Jun 12, 2022

Why it is easy to tighten a nut using a spanner of the longer arm than a spanner of the shorter arm?

A spanner with having long arm helps to loosen or tighten a nut or a bolt with greater ease than the one with having short arm. It is because the turning effect (torque) of the force increases. (Τ $\propto$ L)