Questions and Answers
What is work?
Work is the product of force and distance.
How does a force do work?
For a force to do work on an object, some of the force must act in the same direction as the object moves.
What is the formula for work?
Work = Force X Distance.
What is the SI unit for work?
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How are work and power related?
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How does doing work at a faster rate affect the power required?
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What is the formula for power?
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How many watts is equal to one horsepower?
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What is a machine?
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How do machines make work easier?
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Because of friction, the work done by a machine is always..?
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What is input force?
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What is input distance?
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What is work input?
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What is output force?
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What is output distance?
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What is work output?
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What is the mechanical advantage?
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What is actual mechanical advantage?
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What is the formula for the actual mechanical advantage?
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What is ideal mechanical advantage?
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How does the actual mechanical advantage of a machine compare to its ideal mechanical advantage?
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What is the formula for the ideal mechanical advantage?
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What is efficiency?
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Why is the efficiency of a machine always less than 100 percent?
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What are the six types of simple machines?
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What is a lever?
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What is the fulcrum?
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What is the input arm of a lever?
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Study Notes
Work and Force
- Work is defined as the product of force and distance.
- For a force to perform work, it must act in the same direction as the object's movement; otherwise, no work is accomplished.
Formula and Units
- The formula for work is: Work = Force × Distance.
- The standard SI unit for work is the joule (J), where force is measured in newtons and distance in meters.
Power
- Power represents the rate at which work is done.
- To increase power, either the amount of work done in a specific time must increase, or the same work must be completed in less time.
- The formula for power is: Power = Work/Time, which can also be expressed as Power = Force × Distance/Time.
- One horsepower is approximately equal to 746 watts.
Machines
- A machine is a device that alters the application of force.
- Machines simplify work by changing the force's size, direction, or the distance over which a force acts.
- Work done by a machine is always less than the work input due to friction.
Input and Output Forces
- Input force is the force applied by a person or object on a machine.
- Input distance is the distance over which the input force acts.
- Work input is the product of the input force and input distance.
- Output force is the force exerted by a machine.
- Output distance is the distance the output force is applied over.
- Work output is calculated by the formula: Work output = Output force × Output distance.
Mechanical Advantage
- Mechanical advantage (MA) measures how many times a machine increases an input force.
- Actual mechanical advantage is defined as the ratio of output force to input force: Actual Mechanical Advantage = Output force/Input force.
- Ideal mechanical advantage is the theoretical measurement without friction: Ideal Mechanical Advantage = Input distance/Output distance.
- Actual mechanical advantage is always less than ideal due to friction loss.
Efficiency
- Efficiency is calculated as the percentage of work input that becomes work output.
- No machine can reach 100% efficiency due to unavoidable frictional losses.
Simple Machines
- There are six types of simple machines:
- Lever
- Wheel and axle
- Inclined plane
- Wedge
- Screw
- Pulley
Levers
- A lever is a rigid bar that pivots around a fixed point known as the fulcrum.
- The input arm of a lever is the distance between the input force and the fulcrum.
- The output arm of a lever measures the distance from the fulcrum to the point of output force application.
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