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प्रश्न
What is a single movable pulley? What is its mechanical advantage in the ideal case?
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उत्तर
WhSingle movable pulley: A pulley, whose axis of rotation is not fixed in position, is called a single movable pulley.
Mechanical advantage in the ideal case is 2.
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