Question

A pulley system is used to lift small loads from a ground floor to an upper floor. The load being lifted is 100N. What effort is required to lift the load? (Effort = Load / 2)

a) 25 N
b) 50 N
c) 75 N
d) 100 N

Answer 1

The effort required to lift a 100N load with a pulley system described would be 50N.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the effort required to lift a 100N load using a pulley system where effort is half the load (Effort = Load / 2), you simply divide the load by 2. Therefore, the effort needed would be 100N / 2 = 50N. From the provided options, the correct effort required to lift the load is b) 50 N.