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Well, the lever will apply a force to a linkage, connecting the lever to the actual brake. Then the force will travel through the linkage, down to the brake. In the brake, the force will be used to pinch a moving surface between two stationary surfaces, and the friction generated there will slow the bike down.
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Are screw's wheel's pedals and brake handles of a bicycle force or distance magnifiers?
Screws and brake levers are force magnifiers while wheels are distance magnifiers.
Is the brake of a bicycle a type of lever?
What the brake lever does is that it use the action of the rider pulling on the lever into a force that can be used to slow the wheel(s) down by generating friction.
Is a bicycle a simple machine if it is how is it a simple machine?
Not the whole part of the bike but the pedals are levers a kind of simple machine it uses the levers to apply force to the sprocket sprocket is a wheel and axle ,another simple machine,that uses gears to move the chain.
Which force causes a bicycle to slow down when the brake are used?
That is called friction.
What machine reduces the force you need to apply to a bicycle to keep it moving?
The lever.
When you use the handbrakes on a bike what force do you apply?
The force you apply is technically called applied force. It is transfered and used to move the brake pads together. At that point, the frictional force between the brake pads and the tire slows down the tire.
What type of simple machine is a bicycle gears?
I'd say the gears on a bike acts as levers, as pedals and driven wheel turns with different speeds and force.
Breifly describe how applying the brakes to stop a bicycle is an example of force?
The brakes apply force to the wheel, causing friction which stops it.
What does a brake booster do on a bike?
The Brake Booster increases the force applied to the brake lever so that the brake disc or drum recieves more force. Without it the brakes would be much harder to apply.
How do machines such as levers reduce the force needed to lift heavy objects?
By exchanging for for distance. You need to apply less force, but you need to apply it over a larger distance. Since work (or energy transfer) is force x distance, the total work is the same.
How are levers grouped?
Levers are grouped by where the fulcrum, load, and effect force are found.
What simple machine is the output force less than the input force?
Some Class-I levers, and all Class-III levers.
