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When you want to pull downward to lift something, the main advantage of passing a rope upward and through a single pulley,rather than just up over the branch of a tree ,is that the pulley?
13 years ago

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drwls
The pulley has much less friction than a rope sliding over a branch, so less force is required to lift the object.
13 years ago

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