Use the image of the pulley to answer the question.

Question

An illustration shows a system of two pulleys lifting a block.

Lifting the weight without a pulley requires a force of 400 newtons over a distance of 4 meters. How do these values change when the pulley is applied?
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Responses

Both the force and the distance increase.
Both the force and the distance increase.
The force increases, while the distance decreases.
The force increases, while the distance decreases.
The force decreases, while the distance increases.
The force decreases, while the distance increases.
Both the force and the distance decrease.

Answer 1

The force decreases, while the distance increases. This is because pulleys are used to make work easier by decreasing the amount of force needed to lift an object, but the trade-off is that the distance over which the force is applied increases.