A lever with an effort arm of 10 meters and a load arm of 2 meters is used to lift an object weighing 220 Newtons to a height of 4 meters. If 400Joules of work is done, how much force must have been applied?(1 point)

Responses

1600 N
1600 N

800 N
800 N

100 N
100 N

4000 N
4000 N

1 answer

To find the force that must have been applied to lift the object using the lever, we can use the principle of levers, which states that:

\[ \text{Effort} \times \text{Effort Arm} = \text{Load} \times \text{Load Arm} \]

Given:

  • Load (weight of the object) = 220 N
  • Load arm = 2 m
  • Effort arm = 10 m
  • Work done = 400 J

First, we can set up the lever equation. Let \( F \) be the effort (force applied):

\[ F \times 10 \text{ m} = 220 \text{ N} \times 2 \text{ m} \]

Calculating the right side:

\[ 220 \text{ N} \times 2 \text{ m} = 440 \text{ Nm} \]

Now substitute back into the lever equation:

\[ F \times 10 \text{ m} = 440 \text{ Nm} \]

To solve for \( F \):

\[ F = \frac{440 \text{ Nm}}{10 \text{ m}} = 44 \text{ N} \]

However, this does not match any of the options provided. Let's check the work done to see if we need \( F \).

Given that work done \( W = F \times d \), where \( d \) is the distance over which the force is applied.

Here, we know the work done is 400 J. The distance over which the effort is applied can be determined from the ratio of the lengths of the arms of the lever.

Using the lever ratio:

\[ \text{Distance moved by the effort} = \frac{\text{Load arm}}{\text{Effort arm}} \times \text{Height lifted} \]

The load is lifted by 4 m:

\[ \text{Distance} = \frac{2}{10} \times 4 \text{ m} = 0.8 \text{ m} \]

Now using the work formula:

\[ 400 \text{ J} = F \times 0.8 \text{ m} \]

We can now solve for \( F \):

\[ F = \frac{400 \text{ J}}{0.8 \text{ m}} = 500 \text{ N} \]

It seems there is a mistake in my calculations since this still does not match your options. Let's rethink the mechanics a bit.

Revisiting the initial lever requirements and recalculating force, using the constructed equations:

Finding \( F \) directly from the work done shown:

With given mechanics in mind, it appears the load has limited correlation and recalibrating the entire lever effect thus yields sometimes contrary reflections.

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So the correct answer choice for effort applied should be:

800 N