2007-02-26 08:17:31 · 5 answers · asked by Pretty Princess 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
well.. if you screw the wedge onto a flat surface......
you get an inclined plane...
i think thats what youre asking anyway...
2007-02-26 08:21:04 · answer #1 · answered by Michael Dino C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are both inclined planes.
If you had 500 pounds of lead in a single block and the King said, "Get it up on a platform that is 10 feet above the ground or I'll have you boiled in chicken fat," there is probably NO WAY you could do it alone -- EXCEPT if you used an inclined plane that was 100 feet long, and you slid it up onto the platform. (You might have to combine the work with a rope and lever action, of course, but eventually you'd get the block of lead up there while working alone.)
A screw is simply an inclined plane that is wound around a shaft. Therefore, a lot of turns of the screw can lift an extremely heavy object.
2007-02-26 08:28:11 · answer #2 · answered by SaturnMan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We need your help a little bit here. First draw a picture of an inclined plane. Then draw a picture of a wedge. Now, using your imagination, visualize this inclined plane in a circular form, tapered at the point and gradually widening. Suprise, you have a screw!
2007-02-26 08:22:33 · answer #3 · answered by rb_cubed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They all use a gradual increase in slope to perform their function.
2007-02-26 08:22:41 · answer #4 · answered by Bill W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are all simple machines
2007-02-26 08:19:40 · answer #5 · answered by Keeology 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋