MA, SR, & Efficiency Practice Problems Flashcards
The Mechanical advantage of a bike is 0.4 and the speed ratio is 10. What is the Efficiency?
0.4/10 x100=4%
The speed ratio is 50, the mechanical advantage is 20. Calculate the efficiency.
20/50 x100=40%
Calculate the mechanical advantage. A person is pushing someone on a swing, they exert 50N and the swing hits someone at 100N sending the person flying.
100N/50N=2
Calculate the mechanical advantage when it takes 200N to move a 550N object.
550N / 200N=2.75
If a machine requires 17N of work put into it to exert 40N, what is the mechanical advantage of this machine?
40N / 17N=2.35
A machine produced 121N of force when 100N is input. What is the mechanical advantage of this machine?
121N / 100N=1.21
A company is developing a machine, currently the Mechanical advantage is 5.6 and the Speed ratio is 6. In order for the machine to qualify as “Worth” it must have an efficiency of 78%. Is this machine “Worth it?”
MA/SR x 100=efficiency
5.6/6x100=93%
You push a bike pedal 10cm and the bike moves 100cm. Calculate the Speed ratio.
SR= I/O
SR=10/100=0.1
Freddie had a machine lift 340N while he only lifted 170N. What is the mechanical advantage of this machine?
340N / 170N=2
Hank invented a machine that could move 400N with only 130N input. What is the mechanical advantage of this machine?
400N / 130N=3.07
Arnold built a machine to help deliver the morning paper. He had to pull with 38N of force to move a stack of papers that had a force of 92N. What is the mechanical advantage of this machine?
92N / 38N=2.42
Arnold also used his machine to move 30N of recycled pop cans, but he must input 8N of force to do this. What is the mechanical advantage of this machine?
30N / 8N=3.75
Sam’s newest invention takes 2N and converts it into 4N of force. What is the MA?
4N / 2N=2
This mechanical device has an input distance of 45m and an output distance of 15m. Calculate the speed ratio.
45m / 15m=3
Hans’s tree branch trimming machine needs to be moved 0.5m to cut a distance of 0.2m. Calculate the speed ratio.
0.5m / 0.2m=2.5
Robert’s machine moves 2.3m when the input force moves 5m. Calculate the speed ratio.
5m / 2.3m=2.17