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प्रश्न
What is the relation between the mechanical advantage and the number of strands of string used to support the load, in a ‘block and tackle’ set-up?
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उत्तर
The mechanical advantage is equal to the number of strands of string, used to support the load, only if the ‘block and tackle set up’ can be assumed to be ideal (absence of friction, etc.) and the lower blocks of pulleys have negligible weight. Both these conditions cannot be satisfied in actual practice. Hence, in practical situations, the M.A. of a ‘block and tackle set up’ is always less than the fire number of strands of string used to support the load.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following in detail.
How does a pulley make work simpler?
Explain the working of a gear system.
Define the following term in reference to a gear system for Gain in speed ?
Give two reasons why the efficiency of a single movable pulley system is not 100%.
Give a reason for the following:
In a single fixed pulley, the velocity ratio is always more than the mechanical advantage.
Name a machine which is used to:
change the direction of force applied.
Draw the diagram of a single movable pulley and obtain its mechanical advantage, velocity ratio, and efficiency.
Draw a diagram showing a block and tackle system of 4 pulleys.

(i) State, how many strands of tackle support the load?
(ii) Draw arrows to represent tension in each strand.
(iii) Find the mechanical advantage of the system, stating the assumptions made.
(iv) If the load is pulled up by a distance 1m, how much does the effort end move?
A boy lifts a load of 40 kgf through a vertical height of 2m in 5s by using a single fixed pulley when he applies an effort of 48 kgf. Calculate:
(i) the mechanical advantage, and
(ii) the efficiency of the pulley. Why is the efficiency of the pulley is not 100%?
(iii) the energy gained by the load in 5s, and
(iv) the power developed by the boy in raising the load.
A pulley is a machine made up of a ______.
