Mechanical Advantage

How much work is produced when 350 N is used to move a car 5 m (W=Fd)?

• 70 J
• 1750 J
• 355 J
• 175 J

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

What is effort (input) force?

• the force one exerts on a machine

• the force which an effort force must overcome in order to do work on an object via a simple machine.

• the force the machine exerts on a object

• the output work times the input distance

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

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

What is the mechanical advantage of this pulley system?

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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 (MA=Output Force/Input Force)?

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 1000

How much work is done in holding a 15 N sack of potatoes while waiting in line at the grocery store for 3 minutes?

• 15 J
• 45 J
• 0 J
• 5 J

800 Newtons of force moving a distance of 20 meters will be how much work done?

• 40 J
• 1,600 J
• 400 J
• 16,000 J

If you push a coffee mug 1.4 m using a force of 5 N, the work done on the mug is?

• 7 J
• 6 J
• 8 J
• 9 J