The physical quantities such as mechanical advantage and efficiency of the machine have no unit but are pure numbers. Explain.

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The physical quantities such as mechanical advantage and efficiency of the machine have no unit but are pure numbers.
It is because these physical quantities are ratios of quantities that have the same units.
These units cancel out each other.
Therefore, physical quantities such as mechanical advantage and efficiency of the machine have no unit but are pure numbers.

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