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What is the force advantage of the direction changing pulley shown below?Select one:a. Less than 1.b. 1.c. Greater than 1.d. Greater than 10.

What is the force advantage of the direction changing pulley shown below?Select one-example-1
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b. 1.

Step-by-step explanation

Having a mechanical advantage means the force applied by the system is greater than the force you put in. In a pulley system, this means the pulley can lift the object with a greater amount of force than you apply to the rope

The mechanical advantage of a pulley is system is equal to the number of ropes supporting a movable pulley

hence, the force advantage is equal to the number of ropes

therefore

we can see the input force equals the output, so


\begin{gathered} force\text{ advantage=}\frac{output\text{ force}}{input\text{ force}} \\ force\text{ advantage=}\frac{50\text{ N}}{50\text{ N}} \\ force\text{ advantage=1} \end{gathered}

therefore, the answer is

b. 1.

I hope this helps you

What is the force advantage of the direction changing pulley shown below?Select one-example-1
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