Question

For a lever, a graph is plotted with load on Y-axis and effort on X-axis. Which of the following represents the slope of the graph?

Options

• Mechanical advantage

• Velocity ratio

• 1/Velocity ratio

• 1/Mechanical advantage

Answer 1

Mechanical advantage

Explanation:

The slope of a graph is consistently represented as the change in y-coordinates divided by the corresponding change in x-coordinates, which, in this context, equates to load divided by effort, or mechanical advantage.