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In Scotch yoke mechanism, the crank is fixed in order to obtain the inversion.

(a) True

(b) False

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This interesting question is from Double Slider Crank Chain & its Inversions topic in chapter Simple Mechanisms of Machine Kinematics

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Correct answer is (b) False

To explain: In scotch yoke mechanism there are in total 4 links, one is Crank and one is frame. Inversion can be obtained by fixing either of the remaining two links.

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