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The measure of how much of the power put into a machine is turned into movement or force is called:
power |
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force multiplication |
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efficiency |
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mechanical advantage |
The efficiency of a machine describes how much of the power put into the machine is turned into movement or force. A 100% efficient machine would turn all of the input power into output movement or force. However, no machine is 100% efficient due to friction, heat, wear and other imperfections that consume input power without delivering any output.
Tension is a force that does which of the following?
stretches an object |
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compacts an object |
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slows an object |
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heats up an object |
Tension is a force that stretches or elongates something. When a cable or rope is used to pull an object, for example, it stretches internally as it accepts the weight that it's moving. Although tension is often treated as applying equally to all parts of a material, it's greater at the places where the material is under the most stress.
The principle of moments defines equilibrium in terms of:
energy |
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torque |
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speed |
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power |
According to the principle of moments, you can maintain equilibrium if the moments (forces) tending to clockwise rotation are equal to the moments tending to counterclockwise rotation. Another name for these moments of force is torque.
Collinear forces:
act along the same line of action |
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are unrelated to each other |
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act in a common plane |
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pass through a common point |
Collinear forces act along the same line of action, concurrent forces pass through a common point and coplanar forces act in a common plane.
A truck is using a rope to pull a car. Tension in the rope is greatest in which of the following places?
in the middle |
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tension is equal in all parts of the rope |
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near the truck |
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near the car |
Tension is a force that stretches or elongates something. When a cable or rope is used to pull an object, for example, it stretches internally as it accepts the weight that it's moving. Although tension is often treated as applying equally to all parts of a material, it's greater at the places where the material is under the most stress.