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What is one of the roles of the pulley in a traction system?

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What is one of the roles of the pulley in a traction system?


  1. To supply the counter traction.
  2. To enable the vector addition of forces.
  3. To change the direction of the traction force.
  4. To prevent the hanging masses from resting on the floor.

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C: Pulleys do change the direction of the traction force so that the downward pull of the hanging mass can be redirected to a direction parallel (say) to a leg. 

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