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When you exert 75 N on a jack to lift a 6000 N car, what is the jack’s actual mechanical advantage? Show your work.

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Answer:

80

Step-by-step explanation:

the mechanical advantage is the ratio of the load to the effort so it doesn't have units.to calculate it you use the formula

mechanical advantage=load/effort

in this case the load is 6000N and the effort is 75N

Ma=6000/75

=80

I hope this helps

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