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Reverse The Direction of Our Lifting Force
Reverse The Direction of Our Lifting Force
Pulley is a wheel with grove carved around its circumference in which a rope or belt is placed
to drive the wheel.
1) A well
Here a single fixed pulley is used. It is easier to fetch water using pulley as it helps us to
reverse the direction of our lifting force.
When pulley are used together in this way , they reduce the amount of force needed to lift
a load.
cable cars are use in hilly areas to transport people and their goods ,
Here a pulley helps the trolley tomove across the rope/cable. In some places the trolley is
moved manually by pulling the roaps.
Here we have shown the trolly runs on cable with the help of pully and the pulley is
attached to a motor runs on electricity.
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