1.

1 Simple Vex Machine

1st Class Levers
IMA= De/Dr= 5.5in/5.6in=.846153
Ideal Effort forice= IMA= AMA
De=Fr
5.5/ 6.5 X .74/Fe 4.81=5.5 = .87454545
AMA= Fr/Fe=.74/1.28=0.578175
Efficiency= .761325/11.0846 (100)= 6.8%
1. Seesaw
2.Scissors

2nd Class Levers

IMA= 10.5/ 6.5 = 1.615
Ideal effort force= 10.5 /6.5 = .6872/Fr
4.4668=10.5(Fe)=.4254
AMA= .6872/2.4178 = .284219
Efficiency= .28421/1.61538 (100)= 17.59%
1.Wheel Barrow
2.Nutcracker

3rd Class Levers

IMA=6.3 /5.5= 1.1145
Ideal effort force= (6.3 /5.5)(1.78/Fe) = .155394
AMA=.78/2.4128= .0737732095

Efficiency= .0737732095/1.145 =0.0644306507

6. Food tongs and Tweezers are an example of a 3rd class lever since the
force is applied between the fulcrum
7. No a second class lever always has a mechanical advantage <1 and
third class always has a mechanical advantage >1
8. When finding the Mechanical advantages the final result was measured
in Newtons for force and cenitmeterd for
distance.

Wheel and Axle

1.Wheel diameter-2.731
2. Axle diameter- .76
3. De= 1.3655
Dr=.38
4. De=.38
Dr=1.3655
5. Fe=.35
Fr=.35
6. Fe=.35
Fr=.11
7.The axle is a greater effort force because the Fe is.35 for the axle and
only .11 for the wheel
9. Force applied to axle IMA= De/Dr= 0.38/1.3655= .278286342
10. force applied to wheel IMA= 1.3655/3.8=3.593421053
11.(De/Dr)(Fr/Fe) = (1.3655/.38)(.35/Fe)= 0.0974002197
12. Fr/Fe= .11/.35 = .31428
13. .31428/3.593421 (100) = 8.746%

14. Car Wheels and roller skates are both examples of wheel and axles
15.You can determine the distance covered by calcualating the
circumfrance.
16. The steering wheel on a
school bus is so big
because it takes more force
to turn the wheel.
Fixed Pulley
IMA= 1
AMA= .5
Efficiency= .5/2=.25= 25%

Moveable Pulley
IMA=2
AMA= .74/.4=0.887
Efficiency= .887/1 (100)= 88.7%

Block and tackle

IMA=2
AMA=682
Efficiency= 34.1%

1.Elevators and a crane

pulley system

are both examples of the

2. The fixed pulley has two strands one which is applied force to pull the
other strand and the other one has a weight on it which moves when the
force is applied.
3. In a moveable pulley there are two strands one which acts as the input
and the other which is the output.
4.There are four strings in the block and tackle but only two of them
actually use mechanical advantage. The string attached to the top and the
string being pulled do not attribute to the mechanical advantage.
5. Some factors that might account for the loss of energy would be fricton
of the rope and pulley.
Inclined plane
IMA= 3.125
1. Ramps and slides are examples
AMA= .714
Ideal effort force= 10.5 /6.5 = .6872/X
10.5X=4.4668
X=.425409
Efficiency= .714/3.125 (100)= 22.8748%

Screw
IMA- c/pitch= 24(3.174)=1357.168026
Ideal effort force= 24(3.175)/ 1/18 = 10.42/Fe
57.88889=24(3.174)= 24(3.14)(Fe)
AMA= 1042/17=61.2941756
Efficiency= 61.29411765/1357.168026 (100)= 4.516%
6. Two examples of screws are Jar lids and screw drivers.
7.Overcoming a resistance force is so easy with a screw because you're
spreading the force out instead of one big force.

8. The screw is a combination of a wheel and axle and an inclined plane.

The inclined plane is used to be wedge into the wood or surface while the
wheel and axle tightens it into place.