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A girl weighing 200 newtons hangs from three pulley systems.

girl supported with three ropes with a spring scale reading the force on each rope is labeled A, girl hold with one hand on a support and one hand holding one rope with a spring scale reading the force is labeled B, girl hanging on a rope attached to a support with two pulleys above the place of attachment with a spring scale reading the force is labeled C.

The blank for which pulley system would read 100 newtons?

Pulley A
Pulley B
Pulley C
All three pulley systems

User Masted
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Answer:

Pulley B

Step-by-step explanation:

The girl is hanging on to the cliff as well, transfering half of the weight to the cliff and half (100) would be shown on the spring scale.

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Answer:

It's pulley c.

Step-by-step explanation:

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