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प्रश्न
Give a reason for the following.
Machines are able to make our work convenient.
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उत्तर
Machines help us to perform the same amount of work with much less effort than if we did the work manually. They also make our work faster and easier by multiplying the speed or the force applied.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What do you understand by a simple machine?
show a nut cracker In the diagram, mark the position of the fulcrum F and the line of action of load L and effort E .

The mechanical advantage of an inclined place is always:
(a) less than 1
(b) equal to 1
(c) greater than 1
(d) nothing can be said
Write the relation between mechanical advantage, velocity ratio and efficiency.
Fig show a system of four pulleys. The upper two pulleys are fixed and the lower two are movable.

(i) Draw a string around the pulleys. Also show the place and direction in which the effort is applied.
(ii) What is the velocity ratio of the system?
(iii) What is the mechanical advantage of the system?
(iv) What assumption do you make in arriving at your answer in part (iii)?
Comment on the statement ‘The mechanical advantage of a machine is greater than 1’. Give an example of a lever mechanical advantage is:
(i) greater than 1.
(ii) Equal to 1.
Classify the following as a lever, a pulley and an inclined plane:
A wedge
Which machine will you use to do the following work? Write their type.
To remove the lid of a tin.
Which machine will you use to do the following work? Write their type.
To draw water from a well.
Identify and mention the types of simple machines.
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