PHYSICAL Science

Topic: Simple Machines

Weekly Challenge: You tie a 5 kg weight to the end of a string attached to the ceiling. The string holds the weight. A 6 kg weight, however, breaks the string. If you used the same string with 4 kg weights on each end and put the string over a pulley, would the string hold or break under the weight?

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