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| the ratio between the work output and the work input. Formula used is (Wout)/(Win) |
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| any physical quantity that requires both a direction and an amount of force (or magnitude) |
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| the ratio of load to effort |
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| In this type of lever, the pivot is between the effort and and the load |
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| In this type of lever, the load is between the pivot and the effort |
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| the effort is between the load and the pivot |
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| This lever has a mechanical advantage of less than one because it magnifies distance at the expense of force |
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| the ideal mechanical advantage of a gear |
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| the ration of the teeth in the load gear to the number of teeth in the effort gear |
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| the rate at which work happens |
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| a force generated whenever two objects are in contact and there is relative motion between them |
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| the direction of the force of friction on a moving object will always be directly opposite to what? |
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| The greater the difference between the number of teeth in two meshed gears, the greater the what? |
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| in any arrangement of connected pulleys, what will turn faster, the largest or the smallest? |
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| the weight of a liquid compared with the weight of the water |
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| float Y(the liquid with the higher specific gravity will cause the float to rise higher) |
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| If floats X and Y are measuring the specific gravity of two different liquids and float Y is sitting higher in its liquid that float X is in its liquid, which liquid has the higher specific gravity? |
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