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How much power is needed to move a 2000 kg mass from the bottom of the 150 m talk great pyramid in Egypt up a ramp if the ramp has a mechanical advantage of 4 and it takes the workers 30 minutes to move the mass?

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How Heavy? More than 2,300,000 limestone and granite blocks were pushed, pulled, and dragged into place on the Great Pyramid. The average weight of a block is about 2.3 metric tons (2.5 tons).

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