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Question
Give reason for the following:
The efficiency of a pulley is always less than 100%
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Solution
The two reasons are:
(a) Some effort is wasted and overcoming the friction between the strings and the grooves of the pulley.
(b) Some effort is wasted in lifting up the movable block along with the load.
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