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    A rope and pulley system uses a continuous rope around one or more pulleys to transmit tension and lift loads. Pulleys are simple machines that use wheels to make lifting things easier by multiplying force. A pulley redirects force and amplifies it, requiring half the effort to lift a load when using two ropes and wheels. There are fixed, movable, and compound pulley systems. Mechanical advantage is the ratio of output to input force and allows less force over greater distance. Pulley systems are governed by the law of conservation of energy and are used for applications like elevators, gym machines, sailing, and industrial production.

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    A rope and pulley system uses a continuous rope around one or more pulleys to transmit tension and lift loads. Pulleys are simple machines that use wheels to make lifting things easier by multiplying force. A pulley redirects force and amplifies it, requiring half the effort to lift a load when using two ropes and wheels. There are fixed, movable, and compound pulley systems. Mechanical advantage is the ratio of output to input force and allows less force over greater distance. Pulley systems are governed by the law of conservation of energy and are used for applications like elevators, gym machines, sailing, and industrial production.

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    A rope and pulley system uses a continuous rope around one or more pulleys to transmit tension and lift loads. Pulleys are simple machines that use wheels to make lifting things easier by multiplying force. A pulley redirects force and amplifies it, requiring half the effort to lift a load when using two ropes and wheels. There are fixed, movable, and compound pulley systems. Mechanical advantage is the ratio of output to input force and allows less force over greater distance. Pulley systems are governed by the law of conservation of energy and are used for applications like elevators, gym machines, sailing, and industrial production.

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    Pulley

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    Pratik Durge
    A rope and pulley system uses a continuous rope around one or more pulleys to transmit tension and lift loads. Pulleys are simple machines that use wheels to make lifting things easier by multiplying force. A pulley redirects force and amplifies it, requiring half the effort to lift a load when using two ropes and wheels. There are fixed, movable, and compound pulley systems. Mechanical advantage is the ratio of output to input force and allows less force over greater distance. Pulley systems are governed by the law of conservation of energy and are used for applications like elevators, gym machines, sailing, and industrial production.

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    QUESTIONS

    Q1. What is a Rope and Pulley systems?


    Ans. A rope and pulley system is characterised by the use of a single continuous rope to
    transmit a tension force around one or more pulleys to lift or move a load—the rope may be
    a light line or a strong cable.

    Q2. What are pulleys?


    Ans. A pulley is simply a collection of one or more wheels over which you loop a rope to
    make it easier to lift things.
    Pulleys are examples of what scientists call simple machines. That doesn't mean they're
    packed with engines and gears; it just means they help us multiply forces. If you want to lift
    a really heavy weight, there's only so much force your muscles can supply, even if you are
    the world's strongest man. But use a simple machine such as a pulley and you can effectively
    multiply the force your body produces.

    Q3. How does a pulley make work easier?


    Ans. A pulley makes work easier by redirecting and amplifying force. It helps reverse the
    direction of an individual’s lifting force. As a user pulls a rope down, the pulley lifts the
    weight up. When two ropes and wheels are used, a pulley reduces the effort needed to lift a
    weight by half.
    For example, if an individual wants to lift an object that weighs 200 kilograms, the person
    only has to pull down with a force equivalent to 100 kilograms. A pulley with two ropes and
    wheels provides a mechanical advantage of two.
    The measurement of the amount that a pulley multiplies force by is called mechanical
    advantage. With a larger mechanical advantage, a person requires less force, but the
    distance to use force increases. When raising an object 1 meter high, a person has to pull
    the rope by 2 meters. By using more wheels and a longer rope looping over them, the force
    needed to raise the weight into the air becomes much less.
    Q4. What are the different types of pulleys?
    Ans. These are different types of pulley systems:

     Fixed: A fixed pulley has an axle mounted in bearings attached to a supporting


    structure. A fixed pulley changes the direction of the force on a rope or belt that
    moves along its circumference. Mechanical advantage is gained by combining a fixed
    pulley with a movable pulley or another fixed pulley of a different diameter.
     Movable: A movable pulley has an axle in a movable block. A single movable pulley
    is supported by two parts of the same rope and has a mechanical advantage of two.
     Compound: A combination of fixed and a movable pulley forms a block and tackle. A
    block and tackle can have several pulleys mounted on the fixed and moving axles,
    further increasing the mechanical advantage.

    Q5. What is Mechanical Advantage?


    Ans. It is defined by “the ratio of the force produced by a machine to the force applied to it,
    used in assessing the performance of a machine.” In other words, Mechanical advantage is a
    measure of the force amplification achieved by using a tool, mechanical device or machine
    system. Ideally, the device preserves the input power and simply trades off forces against
    movement to obtain a desired amplification in the output force.

    Q6. State the law governing the pulley system?


    Ans. The rope and pulley system is governed by the law of conservation of energy.
    This law states that “Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather, it transforms from
    one form to another.”

    Q7. What are different uses of pulley?


    Ans. There are innumerable uses of pulleys. Some of the most common ones are:

     A pulley system is used in an elevator to pull the weight of 5 people against gravity.
     A gym is one place where one can find a lot of machines using the pulley system.
     Flagpoles on a sailboat or a ship used a pulley system to hoist a flag or bring it down.
     Pulley systems are used in industrial machines across different applications from
    production floor to delivery room.
    There’s a catch to this brilliant machine. You use less force with a pulley, but you must pull
    more because energy is wasted due to friction; when the rope rubs against the pulley wheels.
    Nonetheless, it feels simpler and effortless to use a pulley.

    Q8.

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