A lever of length 105 cm is used with a fulcrum placed 15 cm from the end bearing the load. Its mechanical advantage is
- 9.
- 7.
- 6.
Explanation from PART66Online
Mechanical advantage of a lever is the effort arm divided by the load arm. With the fulcrum 15 cm from the load, the load arm is 15 cm and the effort arm is 105 - 15 = 90 cm. So MA = 90 / 15 = 6.
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Arunkumar222 asked · 3 Dec 2014
Kindly explain with formula
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PART66Online
3 Dec 2014
The TOTAL length is 105 cm, so the input end is 90 cms. 90/15 = 6
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jimzene
4 Jun 2017
Why the input is 90cm from where?
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jimzene
4 Jun 2017
105/15=7
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PART66Online
4 Jun 2017
Length of leverage behind pivoting point is 105 - 15 = 90
So advantage is 90 / 15 = 6.
So advantage is 90 / 15 = 6.
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Klemis3000
14 Nov 2018
Question like this clearly needs a figure for clarification. Because you can easily assume that total length of lever is 120cm and calculate 105/15=7
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