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Integrated Science Name ___________________________________ Mechanical Advantage Problems Mechanical Advantage (MA) = Output Force/Input Force Force is in Newtons Show your work and keep track of units 1. What is the mechanical advantage of a lever that requires an input force of 20 N and lifts and object that weights 60 N? 2. Amanda uses a wheelbarrow to lift a load of bricks. The bricks weigh 600 N, which is more than Amanda could normally lift. However, with a wheelbarrow, Amanda can lift the bricks with as little as 120 N of force. What is the mechanical advantage of the wheelbarrow? 3. Marshall wants to remove a tree stump from the ground. To do this, he puts one end of a long beam under the stump and puts all of his weight on the other end. His weight is just enough to lift the stump. The stump weights 400 N. Marshall weighs 250 N. What is the mechanical advantage of the lever that Marshall is using? 4. A system of pulleys allows a mechanic to lift an 1800 N engine. (A) If the mechanic exerts a force of 600 N on the pulley system, what is the mechanical advantage of the machine? (B) What is the mechanical advantage of the pulley system if the mechanic must exert 800 N of force to lift the engine? (C) After improving the design of his pulley system, the mechanic can now lift the engine with a MA of 4. How much force is now required to life the engine? 5. A wheelbarrow has a mechanical advantage of 2.2. The output distance extends from the load’s center of mass to the wheel and the input distance is from the handles to the wheel. For an output distance of 0.45 m, what is the input distance? (MA = input distance/output distance) 6. If an input force of 202 N is applied to the handles of the wheelbarrow in question #5, how large is the output force that just li