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IMA, AMA, and Work Lab Worksheet


Ideal Mechanical Advantage IMA

1. A simple machine would be considered ideal if it had no friction.

IMA = effort distance resistance


distance

Actual Mechanical Advantage AMA

2. a. Actual machines have friction. They do not have as high a mechanical advantage as
ideal machines because some of the effort is used to overcome friction.

AMA = actual measured resistance force = OF actual


measured effort force IF

Work

3. Work OUT (Output) is the force the machine is applying to the object (usually the weight of
the object) multiplied by the distance the object is moved.

Work IN (Input) is the force applied to the machine, or using the machine, and the distance
this force is applied.

Inclined Planes
4. The following is how you tell the IMA of an inclined plane. ideal

mechanical advantage = effort distance = length of ramp


resistance distance height of ramp

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4a.. What is the IMA of this ramp? Show your work.

4b. What is the IMA of this ramp? Show your work.

5a. To determine the AMA of the inclined plane, you must use force. The effort force is what
is measured with a spring scale in Newtons. The resistance force is weight of the box in
newtons.

35 N

actual mechanical advantage = resistance force


effort force
AMA = FR = 35 N = 2.3
2
FE 15 N

5b. Calculate the AMA of the ramp below. Show your work.

20 N

6. Work can be determined by the following equation.

Work = Force x Distance

Work Out = Force machine applies to object (usually the weight) x Distance the object is
moved

Work In = Force applied to, or using , the machine x Distance this force is applied

6a. Determine the Work OUT and Work IN based on the diagram below. Show work.

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Levers
7a. To find the Ideal Mechanical Advantage of a lever, use the following equation.

ideal mechanical advantage = length of effort arm = LIA


length of effort arm LOA

7b. Determine the IMA for the following. Show your work.

24 m
30 m

7c. Determine the IMA for the following. Show your work.

4
15 m
7m

8. To find the Actual Mechanical Advantage of a lever, you use the equation:

AMA = resistance force (weight of object) = OF = FResistance


effort force IF FEffort

8a. Find the AMA of the following. Show your work.

5
597 N
75 N

8b. Find the AMA of the following. Show your work.

128 N
55 N

9. Work can be determined by the following equation.

Work = Force x Distance

Work Out = Force machine applies to object (usually the weight) x Distance the object is
moved

Work In = Force applied to, or using , the machine x Distance this force is applied

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9a. Determine the Work OUT and Work IN based on the diagram below. Show work.

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