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    This document provides information and examples about calculating mechanical advantage for different simple machines including levers, pulleys, and inclined planes. It defines key terms like effort arm, resistance arm, effort force, resistance force, ideal mechanical advantage, and actual mechanical advantage. It then provides example problems calculating these values for various machines and scenarios.

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    This document provides information and examples about calculating mechanical advantage for different simple machines including levers, pulleys, and inclined planes. It defines key terms like effort arm, resistance arm, effort force, resistance force, ideal mechanical advantage, and actual mechanical advantage. It then provides example problems calculating these values for various machines and scenarios.

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    This document provides information and examples about calculating mechanical advantage for different simple machines including levers, pulleys, and inclined planes. It defines key terms like effort arm, resistance arm, effort force, resistance force, ideal mechanical advantage, and actual mechanical advantage. It then provides example problems calculating these values for various machines and scenarios.

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    Simple Machines

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    This document provides information and examples about calculating mechanical advantage for different simple machines including levers, pulleys, and inclined planes. It defines key terms like effort arm, resistance arm, effort force, resistance force, ideal mechanical advantage, and actual mechanical advantage. It then provides example problems calculating these values for various machines and scenarios.

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    The document discusses levers, pulleys, and inclined planes as examples of simple machines and how to calculate their mechanical advantages both ideally and actually in various example problems.

    The document discusses levers, pulleys, and inclined planes as the different types of simple machines.

    For levers, mechanical advantage is calculated based on length of effort and resistance arms. For pulleys, it is based on effort and resistance distances. For inclined planes, it is based on effort and resistance distances and angles.

    LEVERS

    IMA =

    Length of Effort Arm


    Length of Resistance Arm

    LE
    LR

    AMA =

    Resistance Force

    Effort Force

    FR = AMA x FE
    1) Find the unknown mechanical advantage for each lever in each of the following problems:
    a)

    Given:

    Find:

    LE =

    2.50 m

    LR =

    0.50 m

    IMA =

    b)

    Given:

    Find:

    FR =

    200 N

    FE =

    25 N

    AMA =

    2) Classify the device as a Class 1, 2, or 3 lever:


    FE

    Class

    FR

    FE

    Class

    FR

    FE

    Class

    FR

    FE

    Class

    FR

    K
    canoe paddle

    FE

    Class

    K
    row boat oar

    FR

    Class

    FE
    shovel
    FR

    3) Find the ideal and actual mechanical advantage for the following lever:
    2.1 m
    a)

    Given:

    Find:

    LE =

    LR =

    0.3 m
    Given:

    FR =

    F = 100 N

    IMA =

    FE =

    w = 650 N

    Find:

    AMA =

    4) Find the ideal and actual mechanical advantage for the following lever:

    a)

    Given:

    Find:

    LE =

    LR =

    Given:

    FE =
    FR =

    F = 300 N

    IMA =

    0.7 m

    1.4 m

    w = 550 N

    Find:

    AMA =

    5) Find the ideal mechanical advantage and the resistance force of the nail:
    F = 50 N
    a)

    Given:

    Find:

    LE =

    LR =

    IMA =

    Given:
    0.25 m

    FE =
    AMA

    Find:

    FR=

    0.05 m

    6) Find the ideal mechanical advantage and the effort force needed to lift the rock:
    FR

    FR
    AMA

    a)

    Given:

    Find:

    LE =

    LR =

    IMA =

    Given:

    FR =
    AMA

    Find:

    FE=

    2.2 m
    .40 m
    FE = ?

    w = 750 N

    FR
    FE

    problems:

    N
    N

    N
    N

    N
    Assume
    AMA = IMA
    N

    FR

    FR
    FE

    AMA

    N
    Assume
    AMA = IMA
    N

    PULLEYS
    IMA =

    Effort distance
    Resistance distance

    DE
    DR

    or

    AMA =

    Resistance Force
    Effort Force

    IMA = Number of supporting ropes


    Supporting ropes
    Non-supporting
    rope
    (A supporting rope carries part of the weight of the load.)

    DE
    IMA

    DR

    AMA

    1) Find the ideal mechanical advantage for each pulley system shown:

    Find:

    IMA =

    Find:

    IMA =

    Find:

    IMA =

    Find:

    IMA =

    2) Find the actual mechanical advantage for each pulley system shown:

    F = 220 N

    w = 400 N

    Given:

    Find:

    FE =

    FR =

    AMA =

    w = 700 N

    Given:

    FE =
    FR =

    Find:

    AMA =

    F = 275 N

    F = 300 N
    w = 1000 N
    w = 850 N

    Find:

    AMA =

    3) Find the resistance distance for each pulley system below:

    Find:

    AMA =

    DE = .75 m
    DE = 1. 2 m
    DE
    IMA

    w = 1000 N
    w = 850 N

    DR = ?

    DR = ?
    Given:

    DE =

    Given:

    IMA
    Find:

    DE =
    IMA

    D R=

    D R=

    Find:

    4) Find the effort distance for each pulley system below:

    DE = ?
    DE = ?
    DE
    IMA

    w = 1000 N
    DR = .45 m

    w = 850 N
    DR = .75 m

    Given:

    DR =

    Given:

    IMA
    Find:

    DE =

    DR =
    IMA

    Find:

    DE =

    FR
    FE

    FR
    AMA

    FE

    F = 250 N

    w = 700 N

    N
    N

    DE
    DR

    IMA

    DE
    DR

    IMA

    INCLINED PLANES
    IMA =

    Effort Distance

    Resistance Distance

    DE
    DR

    AMA =

    Resistance Force
    Effort Force

    FE

    DE

    DR = height

    FR = w (weight)

    1) Find the unknown mechanical advantage for each inclined plane in each of the following problems:
    a)

    Given:

    Find:

    DE =

    6.50 m

    DR =

    0.50 m

    b)

    IMA =

    Given:

    w=

    200 N

    FE =

    40 N

    Find:

    AMA =

    2) Find the ideal and actual mechanical advantage for the following inclined plane:

    a)

    Given:

    Find:

    DE =

    DR =

    IMA =

    DE = 10 m

    FE = 200 N
    =
    Wt

    Given:

    Find:

    FE =

    FR =

    N
    500

    AMA =

    3 a) A parking garage uses a ramp that is 3.0 m high and 15 m long to get cars up to the second level.
    What is the IMA of the ramp?
    a)

    Given:

    Find:

    DE =

    DR =

    IMA =

    15 m

    b) If the car's weight is 9800 N, what effort force must the car's engine apply to go up the ramp?

    Given: AMA =

    FR =
    Find:

    FE =

    (Assume AMA = IMA)

    N
    N

    FR
    FE

    = w (weight)

    following problems:

    FE = 200 N

    h = 2.5 m

    3.0 m

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