Technician a Says the Steel Belt Used in a Variable

question 113

Multiple Choice

Technician A says the steel belt used in a variable diameter pulley continuously variable transmission (CVT) is made up of hundreds of transversely mounted steel plates that are held in place with several steel bands. Technician B says the transverse steel plates slip on the sides of the pulley and in turn are pulled by the pulley. Who is correct?

• A) Technician A
• B) Technician B
• C) Both A and B
• D) Neither A nor B

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Kinetic Energy

Motion energy or energy that can do work.

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Subatomic particles with a negative charge, orbiting the nucleus of an atom and involved in chemical reactions and conductivity.

Ions

Particles that carry a net electric charge as a result of either losing or acquiring one or more electrons.