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Simple Machines (engineering)
A simple machine is a mechanical device that can help you change the force applied to help do more work easier. There are six simple machines: Wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw.
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What simple machines are in a battering ram?
We studied the Assyrians and built a battering ram, chariot and a siege ... Chariots, battering rams and siege towers all make use of simple machines.
What effect does the use of simple machines have on the economy?
Machines increase productivity. Workers can can get more done in less time. This increases their value to their employers, which allows workers to command higher wages. It also means there is more output per hour spent working, which stimulates the economy. Further, some workers will be freed up to do more value-added work elsewhere, helping the economy grow even more. These principles apply as easily to large machines -- like bulldozers and road graders -- as they do to simple hand tools.
What simple machine is a rope and wheel?
A pulley. Helpful? If it was, click yes, if not, click no, and of course, you don't have to.
What simple machine is a door?
It's a lever. Doors work on hinges. Same thing as a fulcrum, only in a different position
Which simple machine is the greatest simple machine and why?
because they are very important to the world and we use them everyday such as a wheel and axle that are used on doorknobs.
How do simple machines help us?
Simple machine help us do work like lifting heavy things that we cant lift.
This was done by an 8th grader at berea middle school.
What type of simple machine would be used to hold two boards togather?
A screw is the simple machine which holds two boards together. In this case it is not acting as a machine though.
