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A type-writer constitutes a machine.

(a) True

(b) False

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This intriguing question originated from Mechanism topic in portion Simple Mechanisms of Machine Kinematics

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Correct answer is (b) False

For explanation I would say: When a mechanism is required to transmit power or to do some particular type of work, it then becomes a machine.But in case of a typewriter there is no  case of power transmission. Hence it is not a machine.

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