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| LOCI AND LINKAGES - QUESTION 4 |
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| QUESTION |
A LINKAGE MECHANISM FOR A MACHINE IS SEEN OPPOSITE. ARM ‘X’ REVOLVES IN AN ANTI-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION, SHOWN BY THE CIRCLE. ARM ‘Z’ MOVES ALONG THE PATH OF AN ARC. DISTANCE ‘Y’ ALWAYS REMAINS THE SAME. PLOT THE LOCUS / PATH OF POINT ‘A’. DRAW YOUR ANSWER ON THE DIAGRAM BELOW |
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| HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTION |
| The following diagrams show how the card template is used to mark out the ‘locus’ of point ‘A’. |
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