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What machine allows you to lift things by pulling down on a rope?
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Pulling down on a rope to hoist a sailboat is an example of a machine?
It is a type of machine that is changing the direction over which a force is exerted.
What does the word gravity means in science?
It is the atmospheric pressure of the earth pulling all things down but gravity can be overcome with speed and velocity.
What type of machine is used to get a flag up a flagpole?
a flag pole is a pulley
How does an aircraft brake?
When flying, by turning the power to the engines down, or pulling back on the stick. Pulling back on the stick causes the plane to gain altitude at the cost of speed. Turning the power down allows the plane to slow down due to drag. When landing, by using air brakes, by using reverse power (thrust reversers) on the engines, by using car-style brakes on the wheels.
What is the difference between gravity and magnatism?
Gravity is the force pulling objects down to the ground and magnetism is a force that pulls things with the opposite pull towards itself.
What simple machine is a flag?
pulley as we are pulling it up ad down as we need
Pulling down on a rope to hoist a sailboat is an example of a machine?
It is a type of machine that is changing the direction over which a force is exerted.
When using an atwood's machine how do you find the mass of the block that's pulling it down?
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What is a pulley in science?
It is a wheel that allows for the vector (direction) of a force to be changed. So if I was pulling down on a pulley, the pulley could turn that into me pulling something up.
Pulling down on a rope to hoist a sail on a sailboat is an example of what?
This is referrred to as exercising a simple machine called a pulley.
Pulling down on a rope to hoist a sail on a sailboat is an example of a machine?
yes, you would be using a pulley which is a type of simple machine. It is a type of machine that is changing the direction over which a force is exerted.
Is a windlass crank a pulley?
yes it is because it helps when pulling things up and down
What could be pulling the battery down in 1981 Corvette?
what could be pulling the battery down in a 1981 corvette
What does the word gravity means in science?
It is the atmospheric pressure of the earth pulling all things down but gravity can be overcome with speed and velocity.
What type of machine is used to get a flag up a flagpole?
a flag pole is a pulley
Why is the forest better after it burns compared to being cut down?
burning it allows new things to grow
How does an aircraft brake?
When flying, by turning the power to the engines down, or pulling back on the stick. Pulling back on the stick causes the plane to gain altitude at the cost of speed. Turning the power down allows the plane to slow down due to drag. When landing, by using air brakes, by using reverse power (thrust reversers) on the engines, by using car-style brakes on the wheels.
