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Driving to work one morning, you get a flat tire. When using the car jack, you apply 120 N of force to the jack and the jack in turn applies 2000 N of force to lift the car up. What is the mechanical advantage
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Driving to work one morning, you get a flat tire. When using the car jack, you apply 120 N of force to the jack and the jack in turn applies 2000 N of force to lift the car up. What is the mechanical advantage of the jack?

User Anand Jayabalan
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Answer:MA = 2000 N / 120 N

MA = 16.67

Step-by-step explanation:

User Lendrick
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Step-by-step explanation:

Mechanical advantage is the ratio of output force to input force.

MA = 2000 N / 120 N

MA = 16.67

Round as needed.

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