In a manual car, why does going switching down gears make it easier/possible to to uphills?
In: Engineering
Imagine you are spinning with a five foot bamboo in one hand.
Now if I add weights to the far end of the bamboo, you will start to slow down. I cut the bamboo in half. You are able to spin again.
That’s what happens when you move to a lower gear. The car is able to push itself up a steeper incline, albeit at the cost of speed.
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