Answer:
IMA is always larger than the AMA
Explanation:
IMA is Ideal Mechanical Advantage and it equals the length of effort that is divided by the length of resistance which is given by the formula
IMA= Fr/Fe
Where Fr is the resistance force
Fe is the effort force.
IM= de/dr
Where de is the distance of the applied effort
dr is the distance traveled by the load.
In any real machine, the effort is needed to overcome friction and because of this, the ideal mechanical advantage(IMA) is always larger than the actual mechanical advantage (AMA)
