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Approximate straight line motion consisting of one sliding pair

(a) hart’s mechanism

(b) pantograph

(c) grasshopper mechanism

(d) peaucellier’s mechanism

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Query is from Forces Acting in a Mechanism in division Velocity in Mechanisms of Machine Kinematics

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Right choice is (c) grasshopper mechanism

To elaborate: Hart’s mechanism is used to produce exact straight line motion mechanism.

Grasshopper mechanism gives approximate straight line motion consisting of one sliding pair.

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