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A Baseball bat is a third-class lever because the fulcrum is on the end of one side, the effect force is in the middle, and the resistant force, the load, is at the top.

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A Baseball bat is a third-class lever because the fulcrum is on the end of one side, the effect force is in the middle, and the resistant force, the load, is at the top.

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