Machines - how they work
Title: Machines - how they work
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1520 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Machines - how they work
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1520 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
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…showed last 75 words of 1520 total…exert five pounds of force to lift a one-pound can, but if the can is lifted one foot, the muscle only needs to contract one-fifth of a foot, a little over two inches. If the body were designed with a mechanical advantage of five, then the muscle would only have to pull with one-fifth of a pound of force, but it would have to contract five feet, and our elbows would drag across the ground.