A painter uses a fixed pulley to raise a 1-Kg can of paint a distance of 10 cm. Calculate the ideal mechanical advantage.

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Kailey Bryant

5 June, 01:16

A painter uses a fixed pulley to raise a 1-Kg can of paint a distance of 10 cm. Calculate the ideal mechanical advantage.

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Waylon Vazquez · Answer 1

The only thing you've told us that we can use to calculate

the ideal mechanical advantage is the fact that it's a single

fixed pulley. We know that the ideal MA of that device is ' 1 '.