Physical Education A-Level
Trade-off between force and speed
What Trade-off between force and speed means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Third class levers give mechanical disadvantage but compensate by allowing greater speed and range of movement.
Topics that use Trade-off between force and speed
- Levers (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Lever systems in the body
- Mechanical advantage
- Classes of lever
- Effort arm and load arm
- Fulcrum, effort and load
- Mechanical disadvantage
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