A garage lift contains two connected pistons with areas (small piston) and (large piston)

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Problem

A garage lift contains two connected pistons with areas

0.015\,\text{m}^2

(small piston) and

0.45\,\text{m}^2

(large piston). What minimum force must be applied on the small piston to raise a 9000 N car resting on the large piston? (a)

200\,\text{N}

(b)

600\,\text{N}

(c)

300\,\text{N}

(d)

450\,\text{N}