needed to raise the weight.

The steeper the Escalators are inclined planes that propel

INCLINED PLANE plane, the more effort is required. a person or object up a distance without
exerting energy. The people merely ride
the inclined plane up to the desired
What is an inclined plane? height and exit.

The advantage of using an inclined plane has What are some examples
been known and used for thousands of years.
They were even used to
of inclined planes?
make the building of the MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
ancient pyramids easier. A slide is an
Egyptians used inclined example of an OF AN INCLINED PLANE
planes made of earth to inclined plane.
ease the transport of Although largely
their blocks to the top.
Today, inclined planes continue to be a big part
used for Mechanical Advantage =
recreational
of our world.
purposes, the slide is Base/Height
The inclined plane is one of the six types of an inclined plane
simple machines. It is exactly what it sounds which can be also used to lower heavy
like - it is a flat surface that is inclined or objects to a flat surface.
slanted at an acute angle. The inclined plane is SAMPLE PROBLEM
The wheelchair begins at a lower level and
often the simplest of all the simple machines
rather than being lifted What is the mechanical advantage
because it does not move when you use it; it
just sits still. Inclined planes connect a lower
up to the higher level, a of an inclined plane that is 39 m
level to a higher level, they make work* easier. ramp is used to push long and 6 m wide?
One end of an inclined the wheelchair up. The
SOLUTION:
plane is higher than the *In science, distance needed to
other end as shown to 'work' is when push the wheelchair Given – Length = 39 m
the right. The use of an you apply force becomes further, but Required – MA
inclined plane is better (a push or a pull)
and it moves an Height = 6 m
than trying to lift things the force and
object.
directly upwards or energy needed to
vertically. The angle or
maneuver the MA = base/height
the steepness of the
wheelchair
inclined plane determines how much effort is = 39/6
becomes less.
MA = 6.5