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The efficiency of a machine is 80%? What does it mean?​

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efficiency is the ratio of the power ouput to the power input

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It compares how much energy is used to do work versus how much is lost or wasted to the environment, the more efficient the machine, the less energy wasted.

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It means how much input work you put into the machine, which then becomes output from the machine. So you're putting 80% of work into the machinie. To find the efficency of a machine, it's output divided by input work.

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