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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.
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.
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 a wedge changes an input force.?
A change can happen when a mechanical advantage increases as it becomes longer and thinner.
Is it true that the longer and thinner a wedge is the greater its mechanical advantage is?
MAwedge=S(Slope)/W(width)
How can a wedge be considered an inclined plain?
It provides mechanical advantage to an operation in the same way as does an inclined plane. That is, it multiplies force (at the expense of distance).
How is an inclined plane and a wedge alike?
they both form a triangle? maybe you can use the formula to show how they are alike, for ex. the mechanical advantage stuff,,
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.
