The mechanical advantage of a wheel and axle is the radius of the wheel divided by the radius of the axle.
What is the mechanical advantage of the wheel and axle shown below? 15cm and 2.5cm
a
37.5
b
17.5
c
12.5
d
0.17
e
6
The mechanical advantage of the wheel and axle is 6.
This is because you divide the radius of the wheel (15cm) by the radius of the axle (2.5cm):
15cm รท 2.5cm = 6
To find the mechanical advantage of the wheel and axle, we need to divide the radius of the wheel by the radius of the axle. Given that the radius of the wheel is 15 cm and the radius of the axle is 2.5 cm, we can calculate the mechanical advantage.
Mechanical advantage = Radius of the wheel / Radius of the axle
Plugging in the given values:
Mechanical advantage = 15 cm / 2.5 cm
Doing the division gives us:
Mechanical advantage = 6
Therefore, the correct answer is e) 6.
To find the mechanical advantage of a wheel and axle, we need to divide the radius of the wheel by the radius of the axle. In this case, the radius of the wheel is given as 15 cm and the radius of the axle is given as 2.5 cm.
So, the mechanical advantage is calculated as:
Mechanical Advantage = Radius of Wheel / Radius of Axle
= 15 cm / 2.5 cm
= 6
Therefore, the mechanical advantage of the wheel and axle shown is 6.
Hence, the correct option is e) 6.