Re: Gain and Mechanical advantage confusions

[Tom Ford <tomford@THESCIENCESOURCE.COM>]

That's the answer, mine was the question, suitable for HS use.

Tom Ford

At 11:17 AM 11/21/01 -0400, you wrote:
> All advantage is given in
> > ratio format, so it is possible to ask for a pulley system
> > with an Ideal Mechanical Advantage of 1.5 : 1 (without using
> > half a pulley, of course).
> Why not use 3:2 instead?
>
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