Physics

Why is a jack screw provided with a long arm?

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ICSE 2017

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When the effort arm is longer than the load arm then the machine acts as a force multiplier i.e., less effort is needed to overcome a large load.

For the same reason, jack screw is provided with a long arm so that a less force ( or effort) may provide the sufficient moment of force to rotate it.

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