You have a closed shoe box with two strings protruding from either side. By pulling on the right string you can pull out 60cm of string. By pulling on the left string you can pull out 6cm of string. *When you pull on either string the opposite string disappears into the box, before you actually pulled out the said length. How is this possible? What is inside the box that causes this? Please Help!!!
2007-08-29 14:06:58 · 2 answers · asked by Soccer37 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
odu83: can you explain more...
2007-08-30 09:58:47 · update #1
The strings are each attached to pulleys on a common axle that is perpendicular to the direction of the string. The ratio of the pulley diameters is 10:1
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2007-08-30 05:37:37 · answer #1 · answered by odu83 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
string is attached to a pulley of 1/10 ratio.it releases the string on oneside 10 times as the opposite side when pulled on .
2007-09-06 17:44:15 · answer #2 · answered by londoner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋