A cook uses a pair of twelve-inch-long tongs to remove a piece of chicken from the grill. The chef is applying 3 pounds of squeezing force to the tongs. If more than 1 pound of force is applied to the fish, it will break.

The AMA of the system (rounded to the nearest hundredth) is

.
Using the static equilibrium calculations, the tongs must be held
inches (rounded to the nearest whole number) away from the fulcrum to avoid damaging the fish.