Question

In this pulley system, the pulleys will the mechanical force required to lift the block and will change the
(1 point)
• decrease; weight of the block
• increase; weight of the block
• decrease; direction of the force
• increase; direction of the force

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Answered by GPT-4o mini
In a pulley system, the mechanical force required to lift a block will change the direction of the force applied. Therefore, the correct answer is:

**decrease; direction of the force.**

Using pulleys allows a person to use less force to lift a heavy object, especially if the pulleys are configured in a way to provide a mechanical advantage. This means you can exert a smaller force over a larger distance to lift the load, and the direction of the force can be altered (e.g., pulling down on a rope to lift the block upward).

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