Answer: 1.74
Explanation: “How do you calculate the mechanical advantage of a block and tackle pulley?To calculate the mechanical advantage, we can either divide the weight of the object being lifted by the force required to lift it or we can divide the amount of rope we have to pull by the distance the object moves."If we use the rope method the mech advantage is 33.0/16.5 = 2 now if we use the forces MA = 225/129 =1.74 <==== this is not equal to '2' as we first found due to energy being lost to friction/deformation of rope etc. SO I would say the truemechanical advantage = 1.74 Efficiency = 1.74/2 = 87%