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Example: Attach a rope to the ceiling and pass it through a pulley wheel attached to a load W. Then pass the rope through a pulley wheel attached to the ceiling. Bring it down and pull on it. There are 2 ropes lifting the weight W so the tension in the rope is W/2. You are pulling on the rope so you feel a pull of W/2. So you have saved one half.

Every centimetre that the load rises, the lengths of rope between the load and ceiling each reduce by 1cm so you have to pull on your end of rope through a distance 2cm. So the work done is W/2 x 2 which is the same as for lifting the load which is W x 1. So you don't save energy, only force. If you put extra pulleys on the roof and ceiling and take the rope round and round you can reduce the force to W/3, or W/4 or W/5 etc.

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