An inclined plane is 5.00 m long and 2.00 m high. What is the ideal mechanical advantage of this machine?

1 Answer
Mar 2, 2018

#2.5#

Explanation:

The ideal mechanical advantage of a machine on an inclined plane is given by:

#I.M.A.="length of slope"/"height of slope"#

Here, we got the length as #5 \ "m"#, and the height as #2 \ "m"#, so the ideal mechanical advantage is:

#I.M.A.=(5color(red)cancelcolor(black)"m")/(2color(red)cancelcolor(black)"m")=2.5#

Source (for the formula):

http://www.mswipc.com/problem_sets/mechanical_ad/mechanical_advantage.htm