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What I mean by this, is that wouldn't some of the applied force be stored as elastic energy in the lever arm? If yes, wouldn't this result in a discrepancy between the magnitude of the applied force and the magnitude of torque it generates?

If you flex a pipe, the energy is stored in it (assuming it returns to its original state). If that pipe were being used as a lever, wouldn't the torque it can generate be influenced by the flexibility of the lever? Why doesn't the equation T=Fd take this into account? Would all of the applied...