Question

What is the “advantage” and “disadvantage” when there is a mechanical advantage less than 1?

Answer 1

Answer: Force disadvantage and distance advantage

Explanation: When mechanical advantage is less than one the force of the strength decreases because input force is greater than output force.

The distance increases ie the object is moving over a long distance.

Example when fishing with a long fishing rod the force applied to move the fish from the water is greater than the weight of the fish itself. The advantage of using the long fishing pole is that the distance over which the fish travels is greatly increased.

Hope this helps. It took me about half an hour before I could get this answer from my various searches. The idea might not be clear but this was what I was able to understand.

Answer 2

Force disadvantage and distance advantage