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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In the ideal case where there is no slipping between pulley and rope, no friction at the hinge of pulley and no elongation in the string, etc., If you pull the string 1 meter other side will move one meter. But ideal cases don’t exist in real life scenarios..
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