sorry weird phrasing, i’ll do my best to explain.
I understand how mechanical advantage works, the general idea being that by doing the same work over a different distance you can increase or decrease the force needed to move the object.
however I don’t understand how pulleys work.
If you pull a rope 1m, the other end of the rope should also move 1m, Since the rope is all one connected object.
So how is it that when you pull 1m in a pulley system, the other end of the rope will only move lets say, 0.5m. Physically what happens in a pulley system for that to work, as I just can’t visualise it.
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Smarter every day did a nice episode on this:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2w3NZzPwOM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2w3NZzPwOM)
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