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Which has a greater mechanical advantage a wedge that is 6cm long and 3cm wide or a wedge that is 12cm long and 4cm wide explain your answer?
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How do you calculate the mechanical advantage of a wedge?
It is the length of the sloped side of the wedge divided by its width.
What does an equals sign with a wedge over it mean?
It means equal to or (whatever the wedge means.) ≤ means "Equal to or less than." ≥ means "equal to or greater than."
Is a wedge like an inclined plane?
Yes a wedge is an incline plane.
Is a doorstop a wedge?
yes, because a doorstop wedges the door. So it would be a wedge.
Are the wedge and inclined plane the same thing?
While a wedge and an inclined plane are not the same things, a wedge is a type of inclined plane. However, not all inclined planes are considered to be wedges.
How do you the Mechanical advantage of a wedge?
Just change the angle of the wedge. The thinner the wedge, the greater the mechanical advantage.
Which has a greater mechanical advantage along or short wide wedge?
a long wedge has a greater mechanical energy then a short wide wedge.
How do you increase the mechanical advantage of a wedge?
The spokes of a wheel are comparable to levers. Longer spokes give more mechanical advantage. Even in a wheel that is solid, and has no spokes, the greater the diameter, the greater the mechanical advantage.
Is it true that the longer and thinner a wedge is the greater its mechanical advantage is?
MAwedge=S(Slope)/W(width)
How does a wedge change an input force?
A change can happen when a mechanical advantage increases as it becomes longer and thinner.
How do you calculate the mechanical advantage of a wedge?
It is the length of the sloped side of the wedge divided by its width.
Mechanical advantage of a wedge?
you divide the length of the wegde's thickness
The efficiency of the wedge is low because of?
friction or The mechanical advantage is greater for thinner wedges. However, the efficiency is low because of the large amount of friction.
How can you increase the mechanical advantage of a wedge?
Set two wedges back to back!
How a wedge changes a input force?
A Wedge changes an input force by a change when a mechanical advantage increases as it becomes longer and thinner.
How does a wedge work?
A wedge is used to take advantage of the fact that work done = force x distance.Simply put if you need to force two points apart a wedge allows you to use less force by moving a greater distance.If you knock a wedge into a piece of material by 10cms in order to widen the gap by 2cms it will take one fifth of the force to achieve this.If you think of a screw as being a nail with a very long wedge wrapped around it, you can force this into a solid piece of wood with one hand simply by taking advantage of the mechanical advantage that this wedge provides.
How a wedge changes an input force.?
A change can happen when a mechanical advantage increases as it becomes longer and thinner.
