Someone presents you with a machine they have invented and tells you that the machine makes you stronger than you really are because it has a mechanical advantage of 1.0. will this machine really make you stronger?

a.)yes, a ma value of 1.0 indicates that the new invention makes you 100 times stronger than you really are.
b.)no, a ma value of 1.0 simply means that the output force is the same as the input force, and the machine does not make you any stronger at all.