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Show a neat diagram to explain the working of single movable pulley. Calculate mechanical advantage and velocity ratio of this pulley.

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What effort is needed to lift a load of 100 kgf from a single movable pulley (in kgf)?
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State the only problem faced with a single movable pulley. How is this problem overcome?
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What is block and tackle system of pulleys? Draw a neat diagram to show block and tackle system of 5 pulleys. Calculate mechanical advantage of this system.
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How many movable pulleys are there in a system of  3 pulleys? What is the mechanical advantage and velocity ratio of this system? If efficiency of system is 100%, what effort is needed to lift a load of 350 kgf attached to it?
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How many movable pulleys are there in a system of 4 pulleys? What is the mechanical advantage and velocity ratio of this system? If the efficiency of the system is 80%, what effort is required to lift a load of 40 kgf from this system?
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The figure given alongside shows a block and tackle system of 4 pulleys. Draw a string around the pulleys. Show also the position and the direction of the effort to be applied on this string. What is the mechanical advantage and velocity ratio of this system?

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Define the term velocity ratio.
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Define the term efficiency of the machine.