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A student used a claw hammer to remove nails from a piece of wood to prepare to paint. Using the formula for mechanical advantage, what is the effort distance for a claw hammer if the resistance distance is 6.0 cm and the mechanical advantage is 6.0?



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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
36 cm

Reason: For a lever, MA = effort distance / resistance distance. So effort distance = MA × resistance distance = 6.0 × 6.0 cm = 36 cm.