Laura pushes on the pedals of her bike with a force of 320 N. If the bike has an output force of 640 N, what is the mechanical advantage of this bike?

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Tushar Jadav · Answer 1 · 2020-04-05T07:02:32+0000

Answer: 2

Explanation:- Mechanical advantage is the ratio of the output force to the input force.

Mechanical advantage=
$\frac{\text {output force}}{\text {input force}}$

Given:

Input force = 320 N

output force= 640 N

${\text {Mechanical advantage}}=(640N)/(320N)=2$