Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Answer the following.
Name the simplest of all types of machines.
Advertisements
Solution
Lever.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Draw diagram to illustrate the position of fulcrum, load, and effort, of the following:
a see-saw.
Answer the following in a word or two or in a sentence.
Given an example of a Class I lever.
Answer the following in short.
Using a suitable example, describe how a machine acts as a force multiplier.
Give one example of a class I lever where mechanical advantage is less than 1.
What is the use of the lever if its mechanical advantage is
- more than 1,
- equal to 1, and
- less than 1?
Both a pair of scissors and a pair of pliers belong to the same class of levers. Name the class of lever. Which one has the mechanical advantage less than 1?
Explain why the mechanical advantage of the class III type of lever is always less than 1.
Name the class of the lever shown in the picture below:

A ______ lever will always have M.A. > 1.
Classify the following into levers:
Sugar tongs
