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The actual mechanical advantage of a pulley is 2. The pulley has 3 supporting strings. What is the efficiency of the pulley?

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Answer:

The efficiency of a pulley is the ratio of output work to input work, expressed as a percentage. It can be calculated using the formula:

efficiency = (output work / input work) x 100%

Since the pulley is an ideal machine, the output work is equal to the input work, which means that the efficiency is 100%. The actual mechanical advantage of the pulley (AMA) is not needed to calculate the efficiency in this case.

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