Question about muscles and mechanical advantages

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Muscles increase their mechanical advantage when the moment arm of the muscle is longer, for instance when the humerus and ulna/radius are at 90, correct? And the mechanical advantage decreases at other angles because the moment arm of the muscle decreases right? My question is why wouldn't the mechanical advantage stay constant because isn;t the moment arm of the forearm decreasing as well?

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