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Varvara68
1 month ago
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Tori experiments with pulleys in physics class. She applies 70 newtons of force to a single pulley to lift a bowling ball. By ad

ding another pulley, she’d get a mechanical advantage of 2. What’s the minimum input force she’ll need to lift the ball if she adds another pulley?
Physics
2 answers:
Softa [3K]1 month ago
7 0

Result: 35 N

I hope this is useful!:D <3

-Maggie

Yuliya22 [3.3K]1 month ago
6 0

The minimum force required to lift the ball is 35 N.

Explanation:

The mechanical advantage provided by a single pulley is 1. Given that she exerts 70 N to raise the bowling ball, the weight of the ball (output force) is also 70 N.

Now, introducing another pulley gives a mechanical advantage of 2. Thus,

M.A = (Output Force)/(Input Force)

By substituting the values we find

2=\frac{70}{F_{i}}

F_{i}=\frac{70}{2} = 35 N

This means that an input force of 35 N is required to lift the ball.

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