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Select the incorrect statement:

  1. A machine always has efficiency less than 100%.
  2. The mechanical advantage of a machine can be less than 1.
  3. A machine can have mechanical advantage greater than the velocity ratio.
  4. A machine can be used as a speed multiplier.

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A machine can have mechanical advantage greater than the velocity ratio.

Reason — In actual practice, mechanical advantage for all practical machines is always less than its velocity ratio (i.e., MA < VR) or the output work is always less than the input work, so the efficiency is less than 1 (i.e., η < 1 ) due to some loss of input energy against the force of friction etc.

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