A crank and slotted lever mechanism used in a shaper has a centre distance of 300 mm between the centre of oscillation of the slotted lever and the centre of rotation of the crank. The radius of the crank is 120 mm. Find the ratio of the time of cutting to the time of return stroke.
(a) 1.62
(b) 1.72
(c) 1.82
(d) 1.92
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Question is from Single Slider Crank Chain and its Inversions in portion Simple Mechanisms of Machine Kinematics