Efficiency of a machine

A machine is only useful if it can effectively

convert one form of energy into another
form of energy
 For example, cars - if you put petrol (i.e.
chemical energy) into it, that can be
converted into kinetic energy, allowing it
to move
⇒ The total outputted energy from a
machine is always equal to the total amount
of energy put into the machine. However,
not all of the output energy will be useful
 For example, only a fraction of a car's
chemical energy is successfully
converted into kinetic energy
⇒ Some of the input energy will be lost or
wasted as other forms of energy other than
purely useful energy (such as heat)
  For example, with the car, a lot of
energy is wasted as heat and sound
energy
⇒ The less energy that is wasted, the
more efficient .
EFFICIENT MACHINES
⇒ The efficiency of a machine is defined as:

⇒ To determine how efficient something is,

you must first find how much energy was
originally supplied to it (i.e. the total energy
input)
⇒ Then, you must find how much of that
energy was output as useful energy
⇒ You can then work out how efficient the
object was by dividing the smaller
number by the large one, to produce a
value for efficiency between 0 and 1
 Efficiency can also be displayed as a
percentage by multiplying the answer by
100 e.g. 0.7 x 100 = 70%