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In an ideal pulley system, if the load moves upward by 1 m and the velocity ratio is 3, the effort moves:

✓ Answer: D 3 m
Velocity ratio = distance moved by effort/distance moved by load. Therefore effort distance = 3 × 1 = 3 m.
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