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Is a pulley or screw or wheel and axle or lever a inclined plane?
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To identify a simple machine, determine how it develops its mechanical advantage.
If the MA comes from the load traveling along the length of an inclined surface to reach a higher height, then the machine is an inclined plane. If the central axis of a helical shape is made to rotate, and because of that rotation a force applied by the helix causes a nut to move along the axial length, or causes the helix to advance through the nut, then the helix is a screw.
So if an ant crawls along the thread of the anchor bolt of a streetlight the ant is using that "screw" as an inclined plane. If a giant grabbed the helical ramp of a parking garage, and turned it until it had forced its way into the ground, the giant would be using the garage's parking "ramp" as a screw.
The type of machine is identified by how it is used and how it develops its mechanical advantage, not simply by its size or vernacular name.
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What reduces the amount of force needed to do work?
A simple machine. You know, inclined plane, lever, pulley, screw, wheel, or a wedge.
What are the eight types of simple machines?
Eight types of simple machines are wheel & axel, pulley, lever, screw, wedge, inclined plane, gears, and screw
Is a lever an inclined plane that is wrapped around a cylindrical post?
an inclined plane wrapped around a cylindrical post is a screw
What kind of mechanism is used to increase force?
A lever or a form of it such as a gear, screw, inclined plane, or pulley can be used to increase force at the expense of distance traveled and/or elapsed time.
A screwdriver being used to open a paint can is an example of what type of machine. 1. screw 2. inclined plane 3. wedge 4. wheel and axle 5. lever 6. pulley?
5. Lever
Is a staircase a lever a screw in inclined plane a wedge a pulley or a wheel and axle?
Inclined plane
Is a door stopper a screw inclined plane lever wheel and axle wedge or a pulley?
it is a inclined plane
Six types of simple machine?
pulley lever screw cork screw scissor inclined plane
What does a rake have pulley lever wedge wheels and axle inclined plane or screw?
Wedge
Is a seesaw a lever the screw an inclined plane wedge a pulley or wheel and axle?
Wedge
What are six simple machines?
The original six are the lever, wheel and axle, inclined plane, wedge, screw, and pulley.
What are the 6 symple machines?
pulley,lever,screw,inclined plane,wedge,wheel and axle.
Is a broom a pulley wedge lever inclined plane screw or an wheel and axle?
A broom is a wedge
What is the names if all the simple machine?
The Pulley is one of them. Wheel and axle. lever. screw. wedge. inclined plane.
What are 6 kind of simple machine?
Pulley, lever, wedge, wheel and axel, inclined plane, and screw.
What are some early history simple machines?
pulley gear inclined plane wedge lever screw
What are six types of machine guarding?
Lever, Wheel and Axle, Pulley, Inclined Plane, Screw, Wedge
