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A gun tackle has a single pulley in both the fixed and moving blocks with 2 rope parts dividing the load of 100N. The mechanical advantage is 2, requiring a force of only 50N to lift the load.

Author: César Rincón

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[–] lemmysmash@piefed.social 1 points 21 hours ago

Okay, I've found a nice picture for it. Whoever sad 150 N (with the 180° angle, less with other angles) was right, and the rest of us were wrong :)