Mechanical Advantage and Simple Machines

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MA stands for

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Mechanical Advantage

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IMA stands for

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Ideal Mechanical Advantage

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Resistance force

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Load

Front

Mechanical advantage effect

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Reduces the effort force needed

Front

First-class lever characteristic

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Fulcrum is between the effort and the load

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Simple machine function

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Decreases the work needed or changes the direction of the force

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MA formula components

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Resistance force and effort force

Front

Always true for a second-class lever

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It provides a mechanical advantage greater than 1.

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The effect of a longer effort arm relative to the resistance arm on mechanical advantage.

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The mechanical advantage increases.

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Force required to lift a 120 N load with a mechanical advantage of 4.

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30 N