The diagram below represents a single fixed pulley in use. Which one of the following is NOT true about the pulley?

      

The diagram below represents a single fixed pulley in use.
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Which one of the following is NOT true about the pulley?
A. It reduces the effort applied.
B. Effort and load move through equal distances.
C. Makes work easier by changing direction of effort.
D. The wheel reduces friction.

  

Answers


sharon
The correct answer is (A). It reduces the effort applied.

The pulley will make work easier by changing the direction of the effort, not reducing the effort.
sharon kalunda answered the question on July 29, 2019 at 08:35


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