What is mechanical advantage of a wedge?
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The mechanical advantage of a wedge can be calculated by dividing the height of the wedge by the wedge's width:[1]
{\displaystyle {\rm {MechanicalAdvantage={Length \over Width}}}}
The more acute, or narrow, the angle of a wedge, the greater the ratio of the length of its slope to its width, and thus the more mechanical advantage it will yield.[2]
However, in an elastic material such as wood, friction may bind a narrow wedge more easily than a wide one. This is why the head of a splitting maul has a much wider angle than that of an axe.
{\displaystyle {\rm {MechanicalAdvantage={Length \over Width}}}}
The more acute, or narrow, the angle of a wedge, the greater the ratio of the length of its slope to its width, and thus the more mechanical advantage it will yield.[2]
However, in an elastic material such as wood, friction may bind a narrow wedge more easily than a wide one. This is why the head of a splitting maul has a much wider angle than that of an axe.
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a wedge increases your mechanical advantage
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