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Question
Two machines can be hooked together. When something is sent through this hook up, the output from the first machine becomes the input for the second. Which stretching machine does the same work as two (× 2) machines hooked together?
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Solution
If two machines (× 2) and (× 2) are hooked together to produce × 4 then a (× 4) single machine produce the same work.
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