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Joey's little brother makes a ramp to push hos toy dump truck up to his sandbox. if he uses 5N of force to push the 12N truck up the ramp, what is the mechanical advantage of his ramp?

A. 6.0
B.0.42
C. 2.4
D. 23.5​

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C. 2.4 bc mechanical advantage is the effort force divided by the force put in and 12/5 equals 2.4 not 12-5 which is 6
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