The mechanical advantage of a simple machine is the measure of its amplified force gain.
The mechanical advantage is defined as the force amplified by a machine to the force required to generate such output.
are the amplified force and applied force. We may also consider them as output and input force.
In the given question, the force given to the steering wheel is 50 N.
The output force produced by the steering wheel is 3750 N.
Hence the mechanical advantage will be-
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The only vertical forces are weight and normal force, and they balance since the surface is horizontal. The horizontal forces are the applied force (uppercase F) in the direction the block slides and the frictional force (lowercase f) in the opposite direction.
Apply Newton's 2nd Law in the horizontal direction:
ΣF = ma
F - f = ma
where f = µmg
F - µmg = ma
F = m(a +µg)
F = (20 kg)(1.4 m/s² + 0.28(9.8 m/s²)
F = 83 N