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A simple wheel and axle has a wheel radius of 60 cm and an axle radius of 12 cm. If an effort of 900 N is applied to the wheel, what load can be raised by the axle

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use torque balance: effort × wheel radius = load × axle radius.

So load = effort × (wheel radius / axle radius) = 900 N × (60 cm / 12 cm) = 900 × 5 = 4500 N.

(Equivalent to lifting a mass of about 4500/9.8 ≈ 459 kg.)