Answer:
Answering the following questions will help you to focus on the outcomes of these experiments:
1.How does the length to height ratio (the IMA) of trial 1 compare to trial 2?
= Trial 1 is 5.09, and Trial 2 is 3.25. Trial 1 is higher because the height of the trial is less than trial 2.
2.Why is the actual mechanical advantage less than the ideal mechanical advantage in each of the trials?
= It is because the machine's ideal mechanical advantage reflects the increase or decrease in force that would have occurred without friction. It is always greater than the actual mechanical advantage because all machines have to overcome friction.
3.If a machine was 100% efficient, how would the AMA compare to the IMA?
= In any real machine, some of the efforts are used to overcome friction. Thus, the resistance force ratio to the effort (AMA) is less than the (IMA).
A frictionless machine would have an efficiency of 100%.
