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Question
With reference to the terms Mechanical Advantage, Velocity Ratio and efficiency of a machine, name and define the term that will not change for the machine of a given design.
Solution
Velocity ratio.
It is the ratio of the velocity of effort to the velocity of the load.
`V.R = V_E/V_L`
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