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which will have a greater mechanical advantage: a thin, gradual wedge or a thick, greatly sloping one.

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A thick, greatly sloping one would be your answer
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A slanted surface along which a force moves an object to a different elevation. ... a V shaped object whose sides are two inclined planes sloped towards each other. A thin wedge of a given length has a greater ideal mechanical advantage than a thick wedge of the same length.

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