A furniture mover is lifting a small safe by pulling on a rope threaded through the pulley

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A furniture mover is lifting a small safe by pulling on a rope threaded through the pulley system shown in Figure P2.81.

(a) What is the ratio of the vertical distance the safe moves to the length of the rope pulled by the mover?

(b) What is the ratio of the speed of the safe to the speed of the segment of rope pulled by the mover?

Data from Figure P2.81

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