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How the screw acts as a inclined plane.

Important Questions on Simple Machine

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Draw a diagram to show a block and tackle pulley system having a velocity ratio of 3 marking the direction of load (L), effort (E) and tension (T).

The pulley system drawn lifts a load of 150 N when an effort of 60 N is applied. Find its mechanical advantage. Is the above pulley system an ideal machine or not?

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For an ideal machine, select the correct relation between mechanical advantage(MA) and velocity ratio(VR).
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A crowbar of length 120 cm has its fulcrum situated at a distance of 20 cm from the load. Calculate the mechanical advantage of the crowbar.
HARD
The length of an inclined plane of height 2 m is 4 m. What is the mechanical advantage of this plane? What minimum effort is required to push the load of 300 kgf on this plane?
MEDIUM
Hari is studying in 6th standard and is interested in science related experiments. While reading simple machines topic from his text book, he started wondering as to which lever a pen belongs to in its writing position? The length of the pen he is using is 14 cm and he holds it at distance of 4 cm from its nib. If the force applied by Hari to write is 0.02 N, the mechanical advantage of the pen _____ and it is acting as a _____ order lever.
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A block and tackle system of pulleys consists of 8 pulleys. A load of 1000 kgf is lifted by an effort of 250 kgf, efficiency is :
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How is mechanical advantage related to the velocity ratio for an ideal machine?
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For a given height h, _____the length of the inclined plane, lesser will be the effort required.

HARD
An effort of 10 kgf is applied on a machine through a displacement of 105 cm, when a load of 200 kgf moves through a distance of 5 cm. Calculate efficiency of the machine. 
HARD
Angle of deviation of an inclined plane is 30°. What is its mechanical advantage?
MEDIUM
Which of the following terms is used in simple machines?
MEDIUM
A farmer was cutting mangoes from a tree with a long stick of length 2 m. He cut almost all mangoes at the lower branches of the tree, and then he aimed to cut the mangoes at the higher branches of it. To do this he attached another stick to the top of the first stick so that the overall length increased by 1 m. If the distance between his hand's position is the same as before at 40 cm and the weight of each mango is 5 N, then calculate the change in mechanical advantage of stick to do this, for the same effort of 20 N.
HARD
A pulley system has 5 pulleys in all and is 90% efficient. Calculate: -
(i) The mechanical advantage,
(ii) The effort to lift a body of 1000 N.
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Which one is the correct formula for the output energyEout of a machine in terms of input energy Ein and the efficiency of the machineη?
EASY
The mechanical advantage of a lever is equal to :
MEDIUM
The shortest distance of the effort from the fulcrum is known as 
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Observe the given diagram below, and calculate its mechanical advantage and the effort needed to lift the load if, AB=3 m and FA=30 cm.

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Mechanical advantage of an inclined plane is always _____.( greater than one, less than one)
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Mechanical advantage of a machine defined as
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In a movable pulley, the load is 100 N. The mechanical advantage, effort applied and V.R respectively, if the efficiency is 100 percentage are: