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A student used a claw hammer to remove nails from a plece 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?
Mechanical advantage = effort distance/resistance distance
A. 1
B. 12
C. 30
D. 36
To find the effort distance, we can rearrange the formula for mechanical advantage: effort distance = mechanical advantage * resistance distance.
Given that the resistance distance is 6.0 cm and the mechanical advantage is 6.0, we can substitute these values into the formula:
effort distance = 6.0 * 6.0 = 36 cm
Therefore, the effort distance for a claw hammer is 36 cm.
The correct answer is D. 36