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Question 5 of 34Tina uses a pair of tweezers to pull out a splinter. She applies a force of 3.0 Nto the tweezers. In turn, the tweezers apply 1.5 N of force to the splinter. Whatis the mechanical advantage of the tweezers in this case?A. 0.5B. -2.0C. 1.5D. 2.0

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Mechanical advantage: load / effort

load = 1.5 N

Effort applied = 3 N

MA = 1.5/3 = 0.5

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