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Why will decreasing the radius of the axle improve the mechanical advantage of a wheel and axle?
Wiki User
∙ 7y ago
it's a mechanical advantage of 1 (meaning no mechanical advantage). This is because no matter how much easier it is to spin a the wheel rather than the axle, its a longer distance of effort force and vice versa.
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True, but that is not what mechanical advantage is! Mechanical advantage IS the trade off between the force required and the distance travelled.
You can find the ideal mechanical advantage of a wheel and axle by dividing the radius of the wheel by the radius of the axle.
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Better. But I think it could be either of the two reciprocal ratios of the radii,
depending on whether the wheel/axle is being used in a 2nd class or 3rd class
lever configuration ... i.e., are you cranking the wheel in order to turn the axle, as
in a winch, or spinning the axle in order to turn the wheel, as in a motor-vehicle ?
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∙ 10y ago
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