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How do keys open locks?

  • Written by Scott Craver, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Binghamton University, State University of New York
How do keys open locks?The depths of the valleys on a key act like a code that must match the lock.Robin Smith/The Image Bank via Getty ImagesHow do keys open locks?

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