GCSE Design and Technology · key term

Mechanical advantage

Definition

The ratio of output load force to input effort force: $\text{MA}=\frac{\text{load}}{\text{effort}}$ . It has no unit.

Used by AQA

Paper 1

Third-order levers have a mechanical advantage below 1: they increase movement rather than force.
Revise: Force magnitude and direction

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GCSE Design and Technology · key term

The ratio of output load force to input effort force: $\text{MA}=\frac{\text{load}}{\text{effort}}$ . It has no unit.

Used by AQA

Paper 1

Third-order levers have a mechanical advantage below 1: they increase movement rather than force.
Revise: Force magnitude and direction

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