A car jack with a mechanical advantage of 10 needs to produce an output force of 200 N to raise a car. The input force required is ___.

Question

A car jack with a mechanical advantage of 10 needs to produce an output force of 200 N to raise a car. The input force required is ___.
MA = output force/input force

GPT 3.5 · Answer

MA = output force/input force 10 = 200 N / input force input force = 200 N / 10 input force = 20 N Therefore, the input force required is 20 N.