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Question 13 Marks
The physical quantities such as mechanical advantage and efficiency of machine has no units, but are pure numbers. Explain.
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The physical quantities such as mechanical advantage and efficiency of the machine have no unit but are pure numbers.
It is because these physical quantities are ratios of quantities that have the same units.
These units cancel out each other.
Therefore, physical quantities such as mechanical advantage and efficiency of the machine have no unit but are pure numbers.
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Question 23 Marks
The output energy of a real life machine is always less than the input energy. Give two reasons for this deficiency.
Answer
The output work is always less than the input work because some input work is used to overcome friction.
Therefore, efficiency is always less than 100 percent. All machines make work easier, but they don’t increase the amount of work that is done.
Efficiency is the percent of work put into a machine by the user (input work) that becomes work done by the machine (output work)
The output work is always less than the input work because some input work is used to overcome friction.
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