The ideal mechanical advantage of the screwdriver is 47
Explanation:
In this problem, the screwdriver acts as a lever.
The Ideal Mechanical Advantage (IMA) of a lever is given by:
[tex]IMA=\frac{d_i}{d_o}[/tex]
where:
[tex]d_i[/tex] is the distance of the point of application of the input force from the fulcrum
[tex]d_o[/tex] is the distance of the output force from the fulcrum
In this problem, we have:
[tex]d_o = 0.500 cm[/tex], since the fulcrum is 0.500 cm from the end
[tex]d_i = 24.0 cm - 0.500 cm = 23.5 cm[/tex] (the distance between the fulcrum and the point where are we holding the screwdriver)
Substutiting,
[tex]IMA=\frac{23.50 cm}{0.50 cm}=47[/tex]
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