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Originally Posted by DaveLeeNC

I was not sure what the phrase "the ratio of the amount of mechanical force being generated to the total amount of work being done" means. Well, to me it means 'force/(force x distance) which is 1/distance. Note that force * distance is energy.

So I restated it. To your question, I guess I don't know.

dave

total amount of work = total energy expended

mechanical force = amount of energy that actually goes into pushing the pedals.

So yeah, we're saying the same thing.

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