Mechanical Advantage

Mechanical advantage is a measure of how much a machine multiplies the input

• efficiency.
• force.
• power.
• work.

Jeff is a landscaping contractor and lifts a rock weighing 600 pounds by wedging a board under the rock. Jeff weighs 150 pounds and puts all of his weight on the lever. How much mechanical advantage did the lever provide to Jeff in lifting the rock?

• 0
• 2
• 4
• 8

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Using a lever, Joe is able to lift a 10,000 N car off of the ground with a force of 1000 N. What is the mechanical advantage of the lever?

• 1
• 10
• 100
• 1000

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What is the mechanical advantage of the block and tackle used to lift the bale of cotton?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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A lever and fulcrum are used to lift a fallen tree, which has a weight of 480 N. If the lever has a mechanical advantage of 5.5, what is the input force that will begin lifting the tree off the ground?

• 5.5 N
• 40.7 N
• 87.3 N
• 2640 N

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This 2000 N weight is raised 1 meter by pulling 4 meters of rope. What force was required to pull the rope?

• 500 N
• 1000 N
• 2000 N
• 8000 N

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This pulley

• has a mechanical advantage of 1 and does not make work easier.
• has mechanical advantage of 2 and reduces the force needed to lift an object.
• has a mechanical advantage of 2 and changes the direction of the applied force.
• has a mechanical advantage of 1 and changes the direction of the force needed to lift an object.

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What is mechanical advantage?

• The advantage a machine has over a bicycle

• A measure of how much a simple machine reduces work

• A measure of when is the best time to use a simple machine

• the number of times a machine increases input force

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If the weight of the block is 10N, how much force does one have to apply to lift it using this pulley (MA=2)?

• 2N
• 5N
• 10N
• 15N

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A box of weight W is lifted by a force F using a lever as shown below.

What is the mechanical advantage of the lever (MA=Input Distance/Output Distance)?

• 0.5

• 2

• 3

• 6